Special Edition of XX Siecle magazine 126 pp with texts by Matisse, Rouault, and Jean Cassou, Roger Fry, Jean Laymarie, Gottard Jedlicka, Pierre Courthion, Jean Guichard-Meili, Georges Duthuit, Yvon Taillandier, Pierre Volboudt, Andre Verdet and
Herbert Read - almost ever Matisse scholar ever included. Lavishly illustrated in b/w and colour with archival photographs. Also included a stand alone reprint of the original linocut issued originally by XX Siecle in 1938. Bound in linen boards in decorated paper covers, with some tears but overall a good copy. A detailed source.