The Jerusalem Windows [WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS]
New York: George Braziller, 1962. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. (13" x 10"). 211pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Dust jacket protected with glassine wrapper. Pictorial endpapers. Original lithograph frontispiece. Dazzling, mostly color illustrations from cover to cover. "This book which was compiled by Andre Sauret was completed on June 7, 1962. The texts by Jean Leymarie were composed by hand in "Roman du Roi" and were printed by the Imprimerie Nationale De France. The thirty-six preparatory color designs, some of which are in twenty colors, were transferred to the stones by Charles Sorlier under the direction of Marc Chagall. These designs and the two original lithographs by Marc Chagall were printed by Mourlot Freres. The other reproductions and the binding are by Draeger Freres" (publisher). Translated from the French by Elaine Desautels. Dust jacket with 1/2" closed tear near top of spine and minor chattering at bottom edge (shelfwear), otherwise near fine. Near fine - / very good +. Item #53694
Price: $575.00