DERAIN, ANDRÉ; and MAX JACOB. Les Oeuvres Burlesques et Mystiques de Frère Matorel Mort au Couvent. Title printed in red and black with Kahnweiler's device. 65 wood engravings by Derain (1 hors texte). 228x158 mm; 9x6 1/4 inches. 8vo, original printed wrappers; faint occasional offsetting, two or three gutters with a bit of foxing; custom gilt-lettered black cloth folding box with mounted label showing Kahnweiler device on cover. Ex-collection Arthur and Elaine Lustig Cohen (Ex-Libris). Paris: [Daniel] Henry Kahnweiler, (1912)
number 89 copies on van gelder signed by derain and jacob numbered 16-100, from a total edition of 106. Les Oeuvres Burlesques is the second volume in Jacob's trilogy, which began with Saint Matorel and ended with Le Siège de Jérusalem, both illustrated by Picasso. All three were published by Kahnweiler. Artists' Books in the Modern Era, page 21; Chapon (Kahnweiler), page 179.
