Prosper Mérimée / Édouard Chimot - Carmen - 1952-1952

Carmen, followed by the bullfight
Prosper Mérimée's novel comprising
- 15 color compositions by Edouard Chimot (1 cover + 14 plates)
- 1 black-and-white suite (15 plates)
- 1 original special drypoint signed by Chimot
Text framed with gold and red motifs based on original designs inspired by the marble lacework of the Patio de las Muñecas in Seville
Éditions Les Deux Rives - 1952,
Format 22.5 x 17.5 – 165 pages + plates - loose sheets - under a color-illustrated dust jacket
Limited edition of 1,041 copies, this one bearing no. 14 and part of the 75 copies on BFK Rives Vélin mould-made paper
This copy includes the collector's ex-libris to whom it belonged