FINE BOOK # 4 Aesopus semper vivus - Peter Bichsel · Fine Books

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âges»), both signed by the artist; 5 orig. ink drawings (2 of them mounted on China, unsigned;
3 signed), 5 ink drawings (4 red-stamped with Chadel’s monogram, 1 with autograph letter by
Chadel on verso) interleaved to the extra suite; 1 ink drawing with Chadel’s red stamp; 1 leaf
with orig. figurative studies in ink (with autograph letter on verso); 1 autograph letter with Chadel’s
red stamp; 3 autograph letters with orig. ink drawing or watercolour (2); printed letter by
Henri Prost announcing the publication of the present book; invitation, program and menu of
the «La Fontaine» dinner held by the Cent Bibliophiles on January 31, 1928; text booklet for the
occasion of the book exhibition in the Palais du Louvre in March/April 1927 containing a biography
of Chadel by Ulrich Odin (a doublette additionally mounted on single leaves); six orig.
signed pencil sketches by Yvonne Couïbes regarding her ivory relief on the front cover; 7 autograph
letters by Couïbes to Daniel Zierer.
The woodblocks, cut with the assistance of Germaine de Coster, were hand-printed in Paris by
Yoshijiro Urushibara under the direction of Jules Chadel (1870–1941). It was Urushibara, an
excellent Japanese master, who tought Chadel this printing technique which requires up to 8
blocks and several printing processes per illustration. – Bodemann 415.1; Fabula docet p. 60f.;
Carteret III, 200 and IV, 229 («Bel ouvrage, très recherché et très coté»); Monod 6735; Zierer
cat. (1960), no. 182; Garrigou, Georges Cretté (1984), no. 279. – Unique copy. Unsurpassed.
47 HARWERTH. – Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Klingspor-Kalender
1929. Mit Fabeln von G. E. Lessing. Printed in red and black. Illus. throughout
with coloured wood engravings by Willi Harwerth. 18 unn. leaves. 12mo. Orig. illus.
boards (outer hinges cracking).
Offenbach, Gebr. Klingspor, (1928). CHF 30.– (EUR 20.–)
Set in «Kleist»-Fraktur and printed on Zerkall paper. Tho book artist W. Harwerth (1894–1982)
worked for Klingspor where he designed the calendars from 1922 to 1939. – Minor browning.
48 Klemm, Walther. Reineke Fuchs. Ein Tierbuch in 40 Holzschnitten.
Mit einem Geleitwort von Edwin Redslob und Textworten nach Goethes
Dichtung. With 40 woodcuts in black and white (some full-page) by W. Klemm. 47,
(1) pp. Large 8vo. Orig. half cloth with illus. front board and dust-jacket (the latter
with tears and small spots).
Berlin, Furche, (1928). CHF 130.– (EUR 87.–)
First edition. Influenced by Cuno Amiet and Emil Orlik, Walter Klemm (1885–1957), became
professor at the Weimar academy in 1913. Besides the present work Klemm got famous with his
illustrations to «Robinson Crusoe» and Kipling’s «Jungle Book». – A good to very good copy.
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