Les Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes Originales de Marc Chagall. by CHAGALL, Marc. Gogol, Nicolas - 1948.

Paris.: Tériade Editeur., 1948.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with titles in black to front covers, chemises with labels to spines, without slipcase.. 2 vols. Folio. (388 x 286 mm).. Half-title and title for each vol. half-title of vol. I with justification verso and Gogol's text illustrated with 96 original etched plates and 22 etched initials by Marc Chagall, 'Table', engraved 'Table' on 11 leaves recto only for the placement of the engravings and final leaf with achevé d'imprimer and colophon. Marc Chagall's masterful illustrations for Gogol's 'Dead Souls'.From the edition limited to 370 numbered copies signed by Chagall, with this one of 50 from the édition de tête, however this example is without the extra suite printed on Japon Nacré.The 96 prints for Gogol's masterpiece were executed between 1927 and 1930 for Vollard but Tériade was the first to publish them.[Cramer 17].