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

A E S O P U S S E M P E R V I V U S
129 PROVENSEN. – Hagelstange, Rudolf. Fabeln des Aesop.
With numerous colour illus. by Alice and Martin Provensen, some double-page. 76,
(2) pp. 4to. Illus. orig. boards.
Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1982). CHF 40.– (EUR 27.–)
First publ. in the U SA in 1965. First German ed. in 1966. Alice (b. 1918) and Martin Provensen
(1916–1987) created many children’s books in artistic teamwork. – Bodemann 502.1. – Fine.
130 WEISSENBORN. – Aesop’s Fables. A Selection. Translated
from the Greek by Ian Warren. With 22 woodcuts by Hellmuth Weissenborn, printed
from original blocks in red and blue. 16 unn. leaves. 8vo. Orig. light blue boards with
front label (margins of front cover slightly faded).
London, The Acorn Press, 1982. CHF 120.– (EUR 80.–)
One of 200 copies on heavy Mellotex paper, numbered and signed by the translator. Together
with small printed card stating that Hellmuth Weissenborn (b. 1898) died while the book was
being bound and that for that reason his signature is lacking. Set in 12 or 13 pt Palatino. First edition
of Warren’s translation and the second of two fable books created by Hellmuth Weissenborn
for the Acorn Press. – Bodemann 568.1; Fabula docet 165. – Good copy.
131 CHAMBERLAIN PRESS. – Aesop. A Selection of Aesop’s
Fables. Translated by Boris Artzybasheff. With 10 full-page colour wood engravings,
10 vignettes in black, and some ornamental foliage in green by Sarah Chamberlain. 28
unn. leaves. 12mo. Orig. illus. boards with morocco spine label. Untrimmed. In orig.
cloth box with printed spine label (hand-bound by Barbara Blumenthal).
(Portland), The Chamberlain Press, 1984. CHF 580.– (EUR 390.–)
One of 150 numbered copies on Rives paper, signed by the artist. Set in Garamond and printed
at the Chamberlain Press. The illustrator and book artist Sarah Chamberlain operated the Chamberlain
Press in Portland (Oregon) from 1975 to 1987. – Bodemann 574.1. – Mint copy.
132 POHL. – Wiemer, Rudolf Otto. Sehnsucht der Krokodile. Fabeln.
With 11 orig. full-page woodcuts by Alfred Pohl. 49, (9) pp. (double-leaves).
Large 8vo. Orig. illus. wrappers.
(Göttingen), Tageblatt und Herodot, (1985). CHF 40.– (EUR 27.–)
First edition thus (2 fables already published before in «Illustration 63») of R. O. Wiemer’s
(1905–1998) wise fables in verses, published in honour of the author’s 80th birthday. The German
graphic artist Alfred Pohl (b. 1928) lives in Göttingen. – Not in Bodemann. – Good copy.
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