[Chagall, Marc] Arland, M. Maternité
Paris, au Sans Pareil, 1926. (4),95,(2) p., 5 full-p. etchings by Marc Chagall. Printed in 960 numb. copies: this one numb. 59, one of 60 deluxe copies on 'vergé de Hollande' with an additional full set of engravings. Finely bound in gilt-lettered red morocco w. cut-out mounted ills. by atelier Devauchelle, orig. wrappers preserved. A very fine copy, with only marginal rubbing on back cover.
Short story with early original etchings by Chagall, told in reverse order: beginning with the death of the baby of an unmarried girl up to the first night she spends together with her lover. Kornfeld 63-69.