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Morte la Bête ..

Lacoste. Duvernois, H

Paris. Collection des Arts. 1926
From the edition limited to 365 copies, with this one of 5 édition de tête examples with a suite of the 11 full-page plates in colour.
pp.81 8vo. With 30 illustrations by Lacoste executed in pochoir by J. Saudé. Publisher's wrappers.
#40962

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