Picasso

1947 · réf. 210746 — New York NY: Lear Publishers 1947. Hardcover. Reading copy only - spine split at top boards sunned and worn at edges. Endpages stained and yellowed pages otherwise in good condition. Tan/green boards with red text. 90 pp. Bw illustrations. "In the last days of the year 1612 on a cold December morning a young man whose clothing seemed very thin was romenading before before the door of a house on Rue des Grands-Augustins Paris. After walking back and forth for a long while with the irresolution of a lover who dares not call upon his first mistress however kind she may be he at last crossed the threshold and inquired if Maitre Francois Porbus were at home. Upon receiving a reply in the affirmative from an old woman who was sweeping one of the lower rooms the young man slowly ascended the stairs pausing from step to step like a courtier of recent date anxious concerning the reception he may meet with at the king's hands." - from I Gillette. Lear Publishers hardcover books