1209 - Jacob, M.

Jacob, M. Chronicle of Heroic Times, illustrated by Pablo Picasso. Paris, Louis Broder 1956. With three lithographs, two of which are two-color prints on the cover and slipcase, three drypoint etchings by Picasso, and 24 woodcuts after Picasso in the text. Loose double-sheets in original cover. Together with two suite covers in original slipcase and dust jacket. Goeppert/Cramer 78. - Bloch 743-745 and 802-804, Livres 71. - Monod 6297. - Rauch 83. - One of 20 Roman-numbered copies with an extra suite of the four prints in the book on Japanese paper and a suite of the 24 woodcuts by Georges Aubert after Pablo Picasso’s drawings (total edition 170). Each suite in a slipcase featuring the two-color lithograph also used for the slipcase; an additional print is included. - Imprint signed by the artist. - Very rare with the double suite, which is not mentioned in the imprint and remained unknown to Goeppert/Cramer. - Book and suites in very good condition. 25.0 : 18.7 cm. 122, [14] pages, 3 prints and 29 in the suites. - Slipcase with foxing, spine of the slipcase browned. - Book cover slightly browned on the spine. - With three lithographs, two of which are two-color on the cover and slipcase, three drypoint etchings by Georges Aubert, and 24 woodcuts after Picasso in the text. Loose double leaves in the original cover. Includes two suite covers in the original chemise and slipcase. One of 20 Roman-numbered copies with an additional suite of the four prints in the book on Japanese paper and a suite of the 24 woodcuts by Georges Aubert after Pablo Picasso’s drawings (total edition 170). Each suite is in a cover featuring the two-color lithograph also used for the slipcase; an additional print is included. - Printer’s colophon signed by the artist. - Slipcase foxed, spine of chemise browned. - Book cover’s spine slightly browned.