LORJOU (Bernard) - APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume). The Bestiary, or Orpheus’ Procession. Paris: Éditions d’Auteuil, 1965. — Folio, loose-leaf, hardcover with endpapers, in the publisher’s slipcase.Edition printed in a run of 230 copies on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper, illustrated with 33 original color woodcuts by the painter and engraver Bernard LORJOU (1908–1986), including 4 full-page woodcuts on double-page spread 28. One of the first 27 copies (No. 8), signed by the artist on the colophon, including: - an unpublished original drawing, signed by Lorjou, - a set of five original woodcuts, numbered and signed, not included in the book, - a set of the 33 woodcuts from the book on Auvergne, - a color breakdown of a woodcut on cloth by Garro (here, one of the four double-page spreads). Very well-preserved copy.
Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
€740
Buyer's premium
34%
LORJOU (Bernard) - APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume).
The Bestiary, or Orpheus’ Procession.
Paris: Éditions d’Auteuil, 1965. — Folio, loose-leaf, hardcover with endpapers, in the publisher’s slipcase.Edition printed in a run of 230 copies on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper, illustrated with 33 original color woodcuts by the painter and engraver Bernard LORJOU (1908–1986), including 4 full-page woodcuts on double-page spread 28.
One of the first 27 copies (No. 8), signed by the artist on the colophon, including:
- an unpublished original drawing, signed by Lorjou,
- a set of five original woodcuts, numbered and signed, not included in the book,
- a set of the 33 woodcuts from the book on Auvergne,
- a color breakdown of a woodcut on cloth by Garro (here, one of the four double-page spreads).
Very well-preserved copy.
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