PAUL JOUVE (1878-1973) Fables de Jean de La Fontaine, illustrations by Paul Jouve engraved in...
PAUL JOUVE (1878-1973) Fables de Jean de La Fontaine, illustrations by Paul Jouve engraved in color on wood by J.L. Perrichon and printed in the workshop of Ph. Gonin. 1929. Sheets, on vellum. Illustrated Japon paper cover, in a laced vellum skin folder in a cloth slipcase (cloth chipped, one lace torn). Illustrated with 32 compositions by Jouve, 12 full-page plates in the text, 13 plates out of the text, 20 frontispieces and endpapers (including the cover), 25 gold-embellished initials. Scattered foxing. Edition of 130 copies (and 20 for the artist), ours numbered 116. With a suite of 29 plates on chine (3 double copies and a trial, one plate refused). Some foxing, folding and thinning. Leaves: 32 x 25 cm
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PAUL JOUVE (1878-1973) Fables de Jean de La Fontaine, illustrations by Paul Jouve engraved in color on wood by J.L. Perrichon and printed in the workshop of Ph. Gonin. 1929. Sheets, on vellum. Illustrated Japon paper cover, in a laced vellum skin folder in a cloth slipcase (cloth chipped, one lace torn). Illustrated with 32 compositions by Jouve, 12 full-page plates in the text, 13 plates out of the text, 20 frontispieces and endpapers (including the cover), 25 gold-embellished initials. Scattered foxing. Edition of 130 copies (and 20 for the artist), ours numbered 116. With a suite of 29 plates on chine (3 double copies and a trial, one plate refused). Some foxing, folding and thinning. Leaves: 32 x 25 cm
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