Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

WEISSENBORN. – . Aesop’s Fables. A Selection. Translated from the Greek by Ian Warren.

With 22 woodcuts by Hellmuth Weissenborn, printed from original blocks in red and blue. 16 unn. leaves. 8vo. Orig. light blue boards with front label (margins of front cover slightly faded). – London, The Acorn Press, 1982.

One of 200 copies on heavy Mellotex paper, numbered and signed by the translator. Together with small printed card stating that Hellmuth Weissenborn (b. 1898) died while the book was being bound and that for that reason his signature is lacking. Set in 12 or 13 point Palatino. First edition of Warren’s translation and the second of two fable books created by Hellmuth Weissenborn for the Acorn Press. – Bodemann 568.1; Fabula docet 165. – Good copy. – Best.-Nr. 6828