Illustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall

text by Jean Wahl

appreciation by Meyer Schapiro

illustrated by Marc Chagall 

American edition.  New York:  Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Illustrated lithographed covers. 
• Boards show some edgewear, discoloration at edges, splitting at shoulders.  See photos.  
• Spine has black text and is faded with chipped ends.  See photos.
• Binding is intact; stitches visible at some openings. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some shadowing, a tear to pastedown at back cover.  See photos.
• Top board and title page are stamped, "Salesmen's Dummy. No Commercial Value."  See photos.  
• Illustrations are bright and clear, 17 color lithographs (with title page) and 12 b/w lithographs, plus 105 etchings reproduced in heliogravure.  Some light edgewear at the upper corner of a few plates.  See photos. 
• Interior exhibits marginal toning, light edgewear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2026.0218

Unpaginated. 10.5 x 14 inches

First American edition of this book illustrated by Marc Chagall, which first appeared as a double issue of Verve (Vol VII, Nos. 33-34).  Original blue pictorial boards.  No jacket.  Illustrated with original lithographs, title page plus 16 more in color, with 12 b/w lithographs printed on the rear of the color plates; and 105 additional b/w heliogravures of Chagall's etchings throughout.  Condition of the interior is Very Good; exterior is Very Good- with splitting at spine, edgewear to the boards.

The illustrations are the focus of this volume; they are supported by an opening "appreciation" by Meyer Schapiro and a poem by Jean Wahl.  A block of explanatory captions follows the plates.  All text in English.    

First American Edition, produced in Paris.  The imprint date is September 10, 1956.  Rotogravure of the black and white plates was executed by the Master Printers Draeger Frères, and the color lithographs were printed by Mourlot Frères.  

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