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Les Caves du Vatican, La Symphonie Pastorale, Thésée, Corydon.

10944115 x 165 mm ; 120 x 180 mm

Set of four NRF paperbacks
illustrated from models by Paul Bonet

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Set of four NRF illustrated hardbacks based on models by Paul Bonet.

  • The Vatican cellars. Sotie. (1944, 301 pp)
    ONE OF 1,025 NUMBERED COPIES ON HELIONA, BOUND TO A DESIGN BY PAUL BONET after 54 copies on Arches laid paper (Huret 197a)
  • The Pastoral Symphony (1945, 140 pp)
    ONE OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES ON HELIONA, BOUND TO A DESIGN BY PAUL BONET
    after 143 copies on Arches laid paper and 1,040 copies on Lafuma vellum (Huret 214)
  • Theseus (1946, 113 pp)
    FIRST EDITION.
    ONE OF 1,040 NUMBERED COPIES ON ESPARTO, BOUND ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN BY PAUL BONET after 330 copies on Hollande laid paper. (Huret 216)
    Ex Libris of Bernard Minoret.
  • Corydon (1947, 217 pp)
    ONE OF 1,040 NUMBERED COPIES ON ESPARTO, BOUND ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN BY PAUL BONET.
    Ex Libris of Bernard Minoret (Huret 198)

Despite the few defects described, the overall condition of these light paper boards is good.

 

 

 

 

Paris,Gallimard,N.R.F,Undated [10944].4In-12, Bound,115 x 165 mm; 120 x 180 mm,

Publisher's bindings faded, headpieces supported.
Anonymous dedication on the front cover Corydon.

Bio

André Gide

(Paris: 22 November 1869 - 19 February 1951)

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Bio

Paul Bonet

(Paris: 15 February 1889 - 2 March 1971)

Artist and technician of the modern book, famous among bibliophiles for his decorations of art bindings but also for his models of industrial bindings.

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