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

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61 CHOPARD. – Florian, (Jean-Pierre-Claris de). Fables. With
12 orig. full-page lithographs and 20 orig. lithographed vignettes in the text by Gaston
Chopard. 152, (4) pp. Royal 4to. Loose sheets as issued in orig. printed wrappers and
half vellum chemise with title on spine. Untrimmed. In orig. card slipcase.
Lausanne and Paris, Frères Gonin, 1937. CHF 1’400.– (EUR 930.–)
One of 115 numbered copies on Gaspard Maillol paper, signed by the publisher and the artist.
Typography, book design and printing of the text by Philipp Gonin on his own press at 15, rue de
Lille, Paris. The lithographs were printed by E. Desjobert, the stones destroyed after printing.
Complete edition of all 110 fables by Florian. In the present work, one of the really rare ones of
the Gonin press, the French artist Gaston Chopard (1883–1942) offers proof of his genius as a
painter of animals. – Bodemann 437. 1; Carteret IV, 163 («édition recherchée»); Monod 4759.
Not in Fabula docet. – Some foxing to untrimmed margins, otherwise fine.
62 VALLETTE. – La Fontaine, (Jean de). Fables. 2 vols. With 70
colour illus. (10 on plates) by H. Vallette. XLII, (4) pp., pp. 7–278, (1) pp.; 350, (2) pp.
8vo. Orig. printed wrappers in transparent dust-jacket. Untrimmed. In card slipcase.
Paris, H. Piazza, (1937). CHF 180.– (EUR 120.–)
First edition with these illustrations by the Swiss born Henri Vallette (1877–1962) who, besides
his illustrations, is chiefly known as a sculptor. – Bodemann 436.1 (one of 300 limited copies on
papier de Hollande); Carteret IV, 228 («Édition recherchée»); Monod 6723. – Mint set.
63 DUFY. – Florian, (Jean-Pierre-Claris de). Fables choisies.
With 12 orig. colour lithographs (some double-page) and a suite of 12 orig. proofs of
these lithographs in different states by Jean Dufy. 28 unn. leaves. Royal 4to. Loose
sheets as issued in orig. printed chemise in orig. half cloth box.
Paris, (Gonin), October 1938. CHF 3’200.– (EUR 2’130.–)
One of 25 num. copies, signed by the artist. Typography and printing by Philippe Gonin on his
own press at 15, rue Lille, Paris. Early and very rare work of the Paris Gonin press. Carteret considers
some of the Gonin publications as «très éstimées» because of the famous artists invited to
work with, a fact which certainly applies to the present book. Jean Dufy (1888–1964) is, besides
his brother Raoul, one of the chief representatives of post-impressionist artists of the École
de Paris. – Carteret III, 242; Monod 4755. Not in Bodemann. – Good copy.
64 MASJUTIN. – Zobel, Victor, ed. Fabeln desAesop nach Steinhöwels
«Erneuertem Esopus». Printed in red and black. With orig. woodcut printed in
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