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(DEGAS, EDGAR.) Halévy, Ludovic. La Famille Cardinal. Frontispiece portrait of Degas; 33 reproductions of monotypes by Degas, some in color.
(DEGAS, EDGAR.) Halévy, Ludovic. La Famille Cardinal. Frontispiece portrait of Degas; 33 reproductions of monotypes by Degas, some in color. Half-title. 4to, russet morocco lavishly tooled in gold and black by paul gruel with wide border of concentric looping double and triple fillets accentuated with repeating dots around concave octagonal center panel, spine in five compartments, lettered in 2 with panel design in the rest, pink silk doublures and endleaves, original wrappers bound in; morocco-edged board slipcase. Paris, 1938
- Notes: one of 350 numbered copies. "Though Degas made numerous prints, these are the only examples designed as book illustrations from the outset and were executed in the 1880s. The monotypes reproduced here were sold after Degas's death in 1918 to a group of collectors who allowed them to be used for this edition"--From Manet to Hockney 3. The Artist & The Book 71.
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