Octave Mirbeau; Théodore Duret; Léon Werth; Frantz Jourdain — Cezanne

Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Editeurs d'Art, 1914. no 38 of 100 on Japon paper. Color lithographed covers, 75 pages, 59 leaves of plates including one etching by Cezanne, and 6 original lithographs by Edouard Vuillard (after a self-portrait by Cezanne), Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Matisse, K.X. Roussel, Aristide Maillol and two reproductions of original drawings by Paul Signac, Felix Valloton. Also includes 4 tipped-in color plates of works by Cezanne and 46 full-page plates in bw of works by Cezanne. There are additional small bw images or illustrations tipped-in at several places within the text. 15.25" x 11.5" x 1" letterpress tissue guards for the original artwork. Text is in French. Preface by Octave Mirbeau; sample of Cezanne's handwriting, biographical texts and other writings. One of 100 copies printed on large Japon paper. Scarce, and a solid copy with the exception of the cover discoloration. A total of 600 copies were printed: 100 on Japon; 100 on Arches, and 400 on regular paper. Internally VG soiling (discoloration) to covers but binding is very solid with very minor splitting at top and bottom of front outer hinge .