Antikvariat Bryggen - Jul | Christmas | 2023

85
[SIBYLLE RIQUETI DE MIRABEAU] GYP
Ohé! Les Dirigeants!
Images coloriées du Petit Bob.
Paris: Léon Chailley, [1896]. Small 8vo. Cloth spine with
wrappers mounted to boards.
INSCRIBED by Gyp to half title.
French writer and self-proclaimed antisemite (for which
she on several occasions was threatened on her life)
Sibylle Aimée Marie-Antoinette Gabrielle de Riquetti de
Mirabeau, Comtesse de Martel de Janville [1849 – 1932)
was a French writer who wrote under the pseudonym
Gyp. She wrote humorous sketches and novels which
brazenly denounced her own fashionable society as well
as the French republic’s political class.
1 500,- | £115 | $140
86
LOUIS MOE
Valkyrien. Romantisk Digtning i Billeder og
Tekst af Louis Moe.
København: Gyldendal, 1931. Liten 4to. Forlagets
kartonasjebind. Svakt støtt i øvre kant av rygg, for øvrig et
velholdt eksemplar.
DEDIKASJON fra Inger og Louis Moe på forsatsblad.
1 000,- | £75 | $95
87
LOUIS MOE
Original drawing: «Tevkros & Aias [Ajax]» For
the book «Trjoanska Kriget» by Fridtjuf Berg,
1901. [21x30,5cm].
Original drawing from the classic Swedish children’s
presentation of the Trojan War.
Fridtjuf Berg [1851-1916], Swedish educator and politician.
One of the co-founders of Barnbiblioteket Saga, a project
presenting classic sagas for children in bookform.
«Trojanska kriget : forngrekiska guda- och hjältesagor:
efter de homeriska dikterna berättade.», 1901, was
publication no. 9 in a row of more then 300 titles which
was published between 1899-1956.
Louis Moe [1857-1945], Norwegian-Danish artist and
illustrator, first and foremost known for his contributions
of illustrations in books for children.
The motive depicts the Trojan War heroes and half-brothers
Tevkros and Aias [Ajax].
PROVENANCE: Inscription and notes on rear. The drawing
has belonged to Signe Wranér [1892-1968], Swedish
author and editor of Barnbiblioteket saga. In 1957 she
gave the drawing to Swedish educator, linguist and
politician Valfrid Palmgren [1877-1967]. Palmgren introduced
the public library system in Sweden and Denmark.
”Till mitt första ideal Valfrid Palmgren på högtidsdagen
3/6 57 från rimeligt tillgivna Signe Wranér.”
5 000,- | £375 | $470
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