537 - FIGUERAS (Alfred). Images of Algiers. Barcelona–Algiers, n.p., 1948. Large folio in folios, with an illustrated, padded cover with flaps, a lace-up slipcase, and a canvas case.

FIGUERAS (Alfred). Images of Algiers. Barcelona–Algiers, n.p., 1948. Large folio in folios, with an illustrated, padded cover with flaps, a lace-up slipcase, and a canvas case. A very fine series of 20 original etchings by the Catalan painter Alfred Figueras (1898–1980), accompanied by short texts by André Gide: a color-engraved frontispiece with registration marks and 19 black-and-white plates + 39 blue-engraved drawings: 1 on the title page, 19 for the section titles, and 19 end-piece illustrations. Facsimiles of letters from André Gide and Raoul Dufy praising this work and the artist. Printed in an edition of 155 copies (+ 26 reserved for the artist); No. 1 (not for sale) of the 30 copies including an original watercolor by the artist and the proof (not for sale), both of which are missing here. Ex-dono inscription on the half-title page: “President Saïah Abdelkader and the Delegates of the Algerian Assembly to Mr. Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic. Respectful tributes.”