Description
FIRST EDITION illustrated with a frontispiece by Steinlen.
ONE OF 15 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPONSecond paper after 10 copies on Chine, followed by 25 copies on rives and a few copies on coloured paper.
"At a time when man is tearing man apart, it seems that a singular pity inclines him towards beasts, to reopen for them the terrestrial paradise that civilisation had closed. The innocent beast alone has the right to ignore war. […] I've gathered animals in this book as if in a pen where I want there to be no war"
A fine copy, elegantly produced by Devauchelle in cherry morocco with corners.
Paris,Cres & Co,1916.In-12, Bound,125 x 190 mm,I-VII, 242 pp.
Modern binding by Devauchelle. Cherry half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt title, gilt head, cover and spine preserved.
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