72 - BO, Lars, and GIRAUD, Robert. *Les Cris de Paris*. Fifteen etchings by Lars Bo.

BO, Lars, and GIRAUD, Robert. *Les Cris de Paris*. Fifteen etchings by Lars Bo. First edition, illustrated with 15 original etchings by Lars Bo. A very fine copy on Rives vellum (No. 12), signed by the author and the illustrator, and accompanied by a suite on antique Japanese paper. Paris, Published at the expense of a collector, n.d. [1961]. In-4 (250 x 160 mm) in sheets, illustrated hardcover, in the publisher’s cloth-bound slipcase. Unpaginated, 15 separate etchings by Lars Bo. Minor foxing on the slipcase, a few creases along the spine. First edition of this collection by Robert Giraud (1921–1997), featuring fourteen Parisian trades that have since disappeared. It is illustrated with 15 etchings by the Danish painter, engraver, and writer Lars Bo (1924–1999). The following are successively described and depicted: the cries of the fishmonger, the newspaper vendor, the fairground strongman, the national lottery vendor, the goat cheese seller, the knife sharpener, the carpet seller, the owner of a carousel, the pottery mender, the herb vendor, the rag-and-bone man, the balloon seller, the glazier, and the chestnut vendor. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies; this is one of 15 copies on Rives vellum (No. 12), signed by the author and illustrator on the proof sheet and featuring a final-state print on antique Japanese paper. A very fine copy with a clean and fresh interior.