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[ICART, Louis (1888-1950), illustrator]. GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Le Faust de Goethe. Paris: Le Vasseur & Cie, 1943. Small 4tos. Illustrated with 24 tinted watercolors (aquarelles) by Icart. All pages printed in black and red. 231, [3, blank]; [168] pp. Original publisher’s wrappers, dust wrappers, and glassines, in publisher’s marbled-paper slipcases (minor wear to slipcases, light chipping to glassines). Fine. LIMITED EDITION #265 OF 400 COPIES ON VELIN D’ARCHES PAPER - WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF COLOR PLATES AND AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF BLACK AND WHITE PLATES (occasional minor soiling to plates). A beautiful version of this classic story, printed in Paris during the German occupation.