Marc Chagall, Drawings for the Bible. Text by Gaston Bachelard. Illustrated by Chagall, including 24 color lithographed plates and 96 reproductions in black and white. 35.5x26 cm. American issue of "Dessins pour la Bible", printed in France by Draeger Fréres, the color lithographs produced by Mourlot Fréres. Issued as Verve double number 37/38, the illustrations by Chagall deal with biblical themes which he had in general not covered in his 1956 work Illustrations for the Bible, which comprised Verve 33/34. Overall good condition. All 24 lithographs are in place and in good condition. Slight wear to the cover - mostly on the edges. No DJ. Very light foxing, mostly on first few pages.