Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Pigault-Lebrun. Saint-André, Berthommé. La folie espagnole. 2 vols.

With 40 colour plates by Berthommé Saint-André, repeated at the end as extra suite. 246 pp.; 290 pp. 8vo. Brown three-quarter morocco with gilt and red spine decoration. Top edge gilt. Orig. wrappers bound-in. In slipcase. – Paris, Les éditions nationales, 1944.

One of 320 numbered copies on pur fil Johannot, of a total limited edition of 920 trade copies. Pigault-Lebrun’s Spanish love stories were first published in 1799. – Exlibris on first flyleaves, fine copy in an appropriate artistic binding. – Best.-Nr. 18579