Orange lithographed paper covered boards. Cover designed by Matisse especially for this publication. Complete with all 40 color lithographs by Matisse: 27 single page, 8 double page, 2 triple page folded and 3 quadruple page folded. With 38 black & white drawings printed in heliogravure. In this double issue of Verve the last works of Matisse were reproduced in color lithography. These works have been realized by Matisse with papers colored in goache, cut with scissors and pasted. They are shown here with the black & withe drawings he made at the same time or during the preceding period. The color lithographs were printed by Mourlot Freres. The heliogravures and the typography were done by Draeger Freres. Introduction, in French, by Pierre Reverdy. The binding is firm and in very good condition with light wear to joints and corners. Three color lithographs with crease to one corner, all other lithographs in very fine condition, bright and with vivid colors. All heliogravures in excellent condition. 186 pp., 36,5 x 27 cm.