Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Chansons de toile.

Callygraphy and illus. in colour stencil technique by Paul Georges Klein. 64 unn. leaves. Large 4to. Full vellum with hand painted colour vignettes and title on front and lower boards. Paste-downs and flyleaves in oleography paper (sign. J. Ogiez). Illus. wrappers bound-in. In slipcase. – (Paris, Editions du Galion, 1947).

One of 150 copies on vélin de Rives of a total limited edition of 181 trade copies. Texts translated by Robert Barroux. Music transcription by Jean de Valois. Nice copy in an appropriate binding by Geneva artist bookbinder Jeanne Ogiez. The publishing date in the colophon is written by hand. As different copies show different manuscript publishing dates, it is obvious that the books, which required much craft work, were published copy by copy over a certain period. – Bookplate on second flyleaf. – Best.-Nr. 18577