DegasLivre Rare Book
Galerie A Vollard, Edgar DegasBiblio.com
Degas : Quatre-vingt-dix-huit reproductions signe´es par Degas : peinture pastels dessins et estampes
1918rif. 2414Paris: Bernheim-Jeune & Cie Editeurs 1918. Limited ed. Paperback. Fair/poor. Number 136 of 800 copies with numbers 1 through 275 on Japanese paper from the Shizuoka factory per the limitation page. Oversize softcover between a quarto and folio size. A fair copy in a poor glassine wrapper. 98 plates in black and white with four additional plates on brown paper tipped in color. Externally fragile in appearance with heavy damage to the spine column - with a split to the binding paper from the top and paper loss across the top and bottom. Corners bent and some creasing at the top rear. Inside is much better - a sweet gift inscription to the top of the front endpaper appears to be the only marking. Where present text is in French. The plates are solidly bound in with the 4 color additions from Bernheim being significantly looser. The glassine wrapper is hanging on by a thread but included as it appears original to the publication. Thick pages a beautiful scarce collection. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Editeurs paperback
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