[Signed] [First Edition] L'Histoire du Soldat

First edition. Illustrated with 10 hand-colored photo-etchings by Lisa Kaufman. Quarto. [vi], [39] pp. Text in French. Cover with some faint discoloration, trifle cocked and very lightly worn at the corners and spine ends, near fine. Copy 6 of 20 copies, set in 18-point Bulmer and printed on Arches paper, Signed by artist and printer Lisa Kaufman on the limitation page. The 1918 French text of C.F. Ramuz's libretto for Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat," printed by Smith College student Lisa Kaufman with hand-colored "photo-etchings" made from her drawings. Kaufman was possibly a student in Leonard Baskin's final printmaking class at Smith College. *OCLC* lists a single holding for this publication, at Smith College. A very nice production.

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