Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Boccaccio, Giovanni. Lydis, Mariette. Contes de Boccace. Illustrées de cinquante-six compositions en couleurs par Mariette Lydis. 3 vols. bound in 2.

With 56 colour etchings on plates. 217, (1) pp.; 198, (1) pp.; 185, (1) pp. Small 4to. Dark blue full morocco with horozontal and vertical gilt fillets over boards and spine. Outer and inner edges with gilt ornamentation. Top edge gilt Orig. printed wrappers bound in. Slipcases. – Paris, Le Vasseur et Cie., 1935.

One of 900 numbered copies on vélin d’Arches à la forme of a total limited edition of 956. In her permissive illustrations Mariette Lydis’ (1887–1970) doesn’t hesitate to show lesbian acts as well as lascivious clergymen. – Engr. bookplates on flyleaves of both volumes. Offsetting of the dark morocco bookmarker to the pages where they were placed. Else clean and fine copy in a decent private binding. – Best.-Nr. 25293