BOOK. SITES ET MIRAGES

(Albert Marquet) - Henri Bosco
SITES ET MIRAGES. AQUARELLES ET DESSINS DE ALBERT MARQUET.
Paris, Éditions de la Cigogne, 1947.
33 by 25 cm. 152 pp. including reproductions of 24 water-colours and 23 drawings by Albert Marquet.

In sheets, as issued, original printed wrappers, chemise. Original slip-case preserved.
No 153 of an edition limited to 185 copies (250 total), printed on Vélin de Rives.
First edition. Scenes of Morocco and Algeria. Edited by Jacques Klein for Éditions de la Cigogne, Casablanca.

Albert Marquet [1875-1947], French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement, friend of, and roommate for a time, Henri Matisse's, who is said to have called "our Hokusai".
Henri Bosco [1888-1976], French writer,