Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Boas, Denise. Berque, Jean. Le Bruit du Silence.

With 23 orig. coloured illus. of which 1 frontispiece and 8 full-page on plates, signed, 8 in the text, some signed or monogrammed, and 6 vignettes by Jean Berque. 61, (3) pp. 4to. Loose quires as issued in orig, vellum wrappers, half-vellum sleeve, and slipcase. – (Paris), Édition des Amis de l’Artiste (Gonin), 1935.

One of 10 copies on vellum with roman numbers before 100 copies on papier Maillol. The present copy is no. V, signed by the artist and with his ms. note „[Exemplaire no.V] comprenant un frontispice unique – toutes les planches hors texte sont des gouaches de ma main“. The ordinary copies contain only 22 illustrations. Typography by Philippe Gonin. The French artist and illustrator Jean Berque (1896–1954) was a pupil of Vallotton, and the Nabis. He created a large amount of arist books, many of them with the Gonin brothers or together with François Louis Schmied. – Carteret IV, 74 (“édition recherchée“). – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 18404