Lot 172: BASTIA (Georges) - Le Zoo des vedettes

BASTIA (Georges).
Le Zoo des vedettes.
Préface de Marcel Achard.
Monaco, Éditions Héracléïa, s.d.
In-folio, en feuilles, chemise à lacets de l'éditeur.
Amusant album comprenant 30 lithographies originales en couleurs de Georges Bastia, caricaturant, sous des traits animaliers, des célébrités françaises (Édith Piaf, Raimu, Fernandel etc.).
Tirage à 450 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci enrichi d'un envoi autographe de l'artiste à François Fort.

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