DERAIN (André) - RABELAIS (François). Les Horribles et espou - Lot 192

DERAIN (André) - RABELAIS (François). Les Horribles et espouvantables faitz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel... Decorated with colored woodcuts drawn and engraved by André Derain. Paris, Skira, 1943. In-4, folio, printed cover, slipcase with chemise. Superb work illustrated with 128 original hand-painted woodcuts by André Derain. Each of these ornaments was drawn by Roger Lacourière, all the colors applied "à la poupée" on the same block. The use of this technique, which requires each block to be inked with all its colors before printing, creates prints with very subtle variations. Limited edition of 275 copies. One of 200 on Arches vellum signed by the artist, no. 109. Attached are 3 l. a. s. from Derain to Vollard in 1908, requesting money and about Ubu. ONE OF THE GREAT MODERN ILLUSTRIOUS BOOKS. Rauch, 91; The Artist and the Book, 81.