Portfolio

The complete set of periodicals, comprising lithographs, some printed in colors, accompanied by reproductions and photographs, assembled in 26 albums and including 84 lithographs by Marc Chagall in Nos. 27-28, 33-34 and 37-38 (C. Bks. 23, 25, 42) and the lithograph by Joan Miró in No. 17-18 (C. Bks. 25), published by Tériade, Paris, 1937-1960, generally in good condition, bound in original paper-covered boards and paper wrappers (with some tears and losses, the spines occasionally splitting), accompanied by a separate book documenting the Verve publications

The books are in good condition overall. The binding is split and the spine partially detached on Volume X, Nos. 37-38 (containing Chagall lithographs documented as Cramer 42). There are other small tears and losses to the bindings and wrappers.
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