VERNE (Jules) - CARZOU (Jean). De la Terre à la Lune. Paris, Bièvres: Pierre de Tartas, [1969]. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. Edition illustrated with 25 original color lithographs by painter and lithographer Jean CARZOU (1907-2000). Edition of 313 copies plus a few nominative copies, all signed by the artist and publisher and stamped by the Ministry of Justice. This is one of 200 on Arches vellum, including the definitive state of the illustrations. A copy by the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan, who printed the book's text. It is enhanced by an original drawing by the artist accompanied by this autograph dedication, made after publication: "Pour // Pierre-Jean // Mathan, en // toute amitié, // et // en souvenir d'une // heureuse collaboration, // Carzou // Paris le 15/12/86." A very well preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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VERNE (Jules) - CARZOU (Jean).
De la Terre à la Lune.
Paris, Bièvres: Pierre de Tartas, [1969]. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase.
Edition illustrated with 25 original color lithographs by painter and lithographer Jean CARZOU (1907-2000).
Edition of 313 copies plus a few nominative copies, all signed by the artist and publisher and stamped by the Ministry of Justice. This is one of 200 on Arches vellum, including the definitive state of the illustrations.
A copy by the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan, who printed the book's text. It is enhanced by an original drawing by the artist accompanied by this autograph dedication, made after publication: "Pour // Pierre-Jean // Mathan, en // toute amitié, // et // en souvenir d'une // heureuse collaboration, // Carzou // Paris le 15/12/86."
A very well preserved copy.
Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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