SOULAGES (Pierre) - LAUDE (Jean). Inaugural speech. [Montpellier]: Fata Morgana, [1974]. -In-8, 205x117: 72 pp, (4 ff. last two blank), printed cover. Eggplant half-chagrin, false ribbed spine, speckled head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (contemporary binding). First edition of 550 copies. One of the first 50 copies on Arches wove paper, including 2 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE EAUX-FORTES BY PIERRE SOULAGES (1919-2022). Each copy is signed by the author and artist at the justification. The etchings are unsigned. Spine faded. Front cover disbound. Engravings transferred to facing leaves.