Description

First edition, translated from the French by Eliaine Desautels With two original colour lithographs by Marc Chagall done expressly for this edition and with over 100 plates, 64 of which in full colour, primarily being of the designs for the Jerusalem Windows commissioned for the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Synagogue. The thirty-six prefatory colour designs, some of which are in twenty colours, were transferred to the stones by Charles Sorlier under the direction of Marc Chagall. These designs and the two original lithographs by the artist were printed by Mourlot Frères. The other reproductions and the binding are by Draeger Frères. The Texts by Jean Leymarie were composed by hand in "Romain du Roi" and were printed by the Imprimerie Nationale de France. Folio, publisher's original red cloth, lettered on the upper cover and spine in gilt,photo-view endpapers, in the original paper dustjacket and acetate wrap. 210, [2] pp. A very good copy, internally the two original lithographs and all the plates are fine, ex-libris Bundy Art Gallery, the binding a touch loose with some cosmetic splitting at the inner hinges, the red cloth bright, though mellowed a bit at the edges and in spots on the spine panel in two areas where the jacket is chipped, the jacket remains attractive even with the two chipped spots at the spine panel, some general edgewear and wear along the folds, a neat tape repair from the back, the acetate wrapper with some loss and tape repairs.