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LAWRENCE, D. H. Lady Chatterley. 1946

WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE BOOK LAWRENCE, D. H. Lady Chatterley. Translated into French by Annie Brièrre. Preface by Frieda Lawrence. 24 colored lithographs by André Collot plus three additional suites of plates. 2 volumes. Thick 4to, full green morocco with gilt-lettered spines with two raised bands, by Brachot, spines evenly faded to olive; original wrappers bound in; board slipcases covered with paper matching endpapers of book, edged in green morocco. Paris: Deux-Rives, (1946)

  • Notes: copy number one of 1000 on vélin velouté libris. with the original illustrations in three suites. These consist of 24 original pencil and charcoal drawings, matted; hand-colored illustrations based on the above drawings, matted; and printed pencil and charcoal drawings which served as proofs, unmatted. A lovely edition illustrated by "one of the indisputable major figures in French art-book illustration"--Pierre Mornand. Vingt-Deux Artistes du Livres. (Paris, 1952); Monod II, 6950; Roberts D66.
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