Matisse, Henri--Mallarmé, Stéphane.

4to (330 x 248mm.), copy number 17 of an edition of 145 copies, one of 25 copies containing an additional suite of 29 plates on japon, signed by Matisse under the limitation, illustrations by Matisse (of which 23 full-page), smooth blue calf by Georges Leroux dated 1979, covers with curved sections cut out and replaced at an angle, spine with pink calf mosaiqué vertical lettering, lilac suede endleaves, blue calf-backed buckram chemise, in matching blue buckram slipcase

The Artist and the Book 196; Rauch 168

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The first book to be illustrated by Matisse.