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Berggruen & Cie., Paris 1956. Small 4to. 17 page catalogue + 44 prints in b/w and colour loosely laid in original folder with cover design also by Léger. Folder with mild browning and slight shelfwear. Prints with mild traces of handling. Near fine--/very good+ folder. * Léger spent two years at the front in World War I. Where most men probably carried their experiences inside, Léger it would seem put his impressions to paper by pen paint and print. His following 'mechanical period' shows a fascination of machines, metal and the whole industrial world of the war. **Introduction by Douglas Cooper. *** Printed in 600 copies, whereof this is no. 169, and 50 copies 'hors commerce'.…