Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Gide, André. Bonnard, Pierre. Le Prométhée mal enchainé.

With 30 drawings by Pierre Bonnard. (56) leaves. Small 4to. Orig. wrappers with cover illustration in green by P. Bonnard. Uncut. – Paris, Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920.

First illustrated edition. One of 750 numbered copies on vélin blanc Lafuma-Navarre of a total edition of 765. A German version translated by Franz Blei was published in the same year containing different illustrations by Bonnard. Gide’s text was first published in 1899. – Carteret IV, 183 (“Édition recherchée et cotée”). – Offsetting shadow from an inlaid sheet to front cover verso. Slightly browned, the covers somewhat moer. Spine expertly restored. Good in all. – Best.-Nr. 17564