4432 - Jacob,M.

Jacob,M. Chronique des temps héroïques illustré par Pablo Picasso. (Paris), L. Broder, (1956). 25,5 x 20 cm. ╔With 1 original lithograph as frontispiece, 3 signed original etchings and 2 additional signed original lithographs in black and red by Pablo Picasso╗ as well as 24 woodcuts by G. Aubert after drawings by Picasso. 126 p., 3 pls. Loose sheets a. p. in color original lith. OU. in opbd. cover and illustrated slipcase. (Covers and slipcase somewhat stained and fingerstained). In red maroquin case with spine title (signed A. Lobstein). The Artist and the Book 238; Goeppert-Cramer 78; Bloch, Bücher 71; Monod 6297. - No. 94 of 120 (GA. 170) copies on paper vergé de Monval, printer's mark signed by Picasso. With the signed original etchings (Bloch 802-804) and the original lithographs "Portrait Max Jacob" and cover (Bloch 743-745). Also two signed original lithographs on vergé de Monval for the slipcase and the portfolio of the extrasuite, here in two parts (24.5 x 23 and 24.5 x 18 cm). These "proofs" are not mentioned in Goeppert-Cramer. - Partly some copy of the woodcuts. - Number 94 on verge de Montval signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 170. With signed lithograph portrait frontispiece and 3 signed drypoint plates by Pablo Picasso, 24 wood-engraved illustrations. Furthermore two original lithographs on vergé de Monval for the slipcase and the folder of the extra suite, here in two parts, both signed by Picasso. - Some offsetting of the woodcuts. Loose as issued in original lithograph wrappers also by Picasso, together in original board folder and slip-case, some spotting to folder and slip-case. In red morocco case.