[DENIS, Odette] - BELMONTE, Juan. Men and Bulls. Paris, Aux - Lot 107

[DENIS, Odette] - BELMONTE, Juan. Men and Bulls. Paris, Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1963. 1 vol. in-folio. 70 pp. and [4] ff. in leaves, illustrated covers (with small tears but not missing at the fold). In red slipcase. Comments by Juan Belmonte, collected in Seville by Luis Bollain, his friend, and translated from Spanish by Paco Tolosa. Illustrated with sixteen original engravings by Odette Denis. With a presentation by Henri de Montherlant. Edition of 115 copies. One of four first copies on japon blanc nacré (no. 3). Our copy includes a suite of the four double-page engravings with remarks on Mûrier à la forme. A suite of sixteen etchings in the first state on pure silk paper à la forme. Three signed original charcoal drawings are included, one of which is double-page. The suites do not correspond to what is announced in the justification. Traces of moisture on the slipcase.