PICASSO (Pablo) - MÉRIMÉE (Prosper). Carmen. On Prosper Mérimée's text. [Paris]: La Bibliothèque Française, [1949]. - In-4, 328 x 257: 161 pp., (3 ff. 2 last blanks), printed cover. In sheets, filled cover, folder and publisher's case. Superb illustrated first edition of 38 original chisels by Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973), including 4 headings, 4 culs-de-lampe and 30 full-page compositions . Edition of 320 copies signed by the artist at the justification; this one is one of the 309 on Montval vellum . Perfectly preserved copy.