Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Gide, André. La Fresnaye, Roger de. Paludes.

With 6 orig. full-page lithographs by Roger de la Fresnaye. (58) leaves incl. first and last blank. Small 4to. Orig. printed wrappers. – Paris, Nouvelle Revue Française, 1921.

One of 300 numbered trade copies of a total edition of 312. “The only book with original illustrations by La Fresnaye. The simplified monumental figures recall his earlier adherance to Cubism” (Garvey) but are as well close to the naturalistic style of the German Neue Sachlichkeit. Le Mans born La Fresnaye died in 1925 aged 40 only. “Paludes” was the second novel by Gide, first published in 1895. – The Artist and the Book 154; Rauch 124; Skira 163. – Fine copy in its original publisher’s wrappers. – Best.-Nr. 7704