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

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133 Henrisone, Robert. The Taill of the Paddock & the Mous. From
the Morall Fabilillis of Esope. With 4 full-page lino-cuts in colour by Nicholas Perry.
16 unn. leaves of which the first and last two are blank. 4to. Orig. half cloth with marbled
boards and with labels on spine and front board, uncut.
Market Drayton, Tern Press (N. & M. Perry), 1986. CHF 100.– (EUR 67.–)
One of 90 numbered copies of the regular edition on H. B. J. paper with the lino-cut illustrations,
bound and signed in the colophon by Nicholas and Mary Perry, out of a total edition of 100. –
Not in Bodemann. – Very good copy.
134 TRENAMAN. – La Fontaine, Jean de. The Raven and the Fox
and other Fables. With 5 full-page lithographs by Geoffrey Trenaman. 39 pp. Royal
4to. Grey grained half morocco with gilt-lettered spine label and marbled boards.
(London), The Camberwell Press, 1986. CHF 900.– (EUR 600.–)
One of 25 num. copies on Old Dutch Printing White Laid paper. Last leaf blind-stamped «Edition
Printed by theArtist». Text set in 12 pt. Imprint. Edited and designed by Snake River Press.
English transl. by Elizur Wright. The Camberwell Press at the Camberwell College of Arts in
London was founded in the early 1980ies by Eileen Hogan. – Not in Bodemann. – Mint copy.
135 Golding, Arthur. A Moral Fable-Talk. With reproductions of
125 engravings by Marcus Gheeraerts. 353, (5) pp. 8vo. False morocco with gilt decoration
inspired by 16th-century covers.
San Francisco, The Arion Press, 1987. CHF 380.– (EUR 250.–)
«25th book of theArion Press». First edition. One of 400 trade copies of a total edition of 425 on
mould-made Ingres paper. Handset in Garamond on the Monotype by Mackenzie-Harris Corp.
Transcription from Elizabethan writer Arthur Golding’s (c. 1536–c. 1605) autograph copy of
his «Moral Fable-Talk», hitherto unpublished. Gheeraerts’ illustrations are taken from Arnold
Freitag’s emblematic «Mythologica ethica» (1579), the source of Golding’s translation. Together
with promotional leaflet. – Not in Bodemann. – Good copy.
136 HIRSCH. – Pfeffel, Gottlieb Conrad. Der Fuchs und der Bär.
With orig. wood-engr. by Karl-Georg Hirsch. (4) pp. 4to. Orig. wrappers, stitched.
Bayreuth, Bear Press Wolfgang Benda, 1988. CHF 180.– (EUR 120.–)
«Einblattdruck», XII. One of 120 numbered copies signed by the artist. G. C. Pfeffel (1736–
1809) founded the «Académie militaire» in Colmar following the pedagogical principles of
Rousseau. K.-G. Hirsch (b. 1937) lives and works in Leipzig. – Not in Bodemann. – Mint copy.
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