Matisse - Cantique des cantiques - 1962

Song of Songs of Solomon
According to the Vulgate, translated by Claude Grégory
Illustrated with 15 drawings by Henri Matisse
Modern translation of a great poem that has all the appearance of an erotic incantation. "There is a movement in the Canticle: by surge and ebb, forward and retreat. Predator and prey successively, the male or the female darts forth and then wheels and deserts"
Work composed according to a layout by Jacques Daniel.
In sheets, uncut. Gilt cover, crystal paper.
With slipcase.

Out-of-commerce edition reserved exclusively for Members-Associates of the Club Français du Livre.
Copy no. 2730, on large rag paper from the Marais.