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ASSIA. GIONO (Jean).
Ménagerie énigmatique... decorated by Assia. [Paris,] aux dépens d'un amateur, 1961. In-folio, leaves, illustrated cover, publisher's folder and slipcase (slight marks on slipcase).
Illustrated with 28 color compositions, including a frontispiece, 2 double plates and 5 full-page plates reproduced in color from compositions by Assia, the artist name of Henry Prince of Hesse, son of Landgrave Philip and Princess
Mafalda of Italy. This is the only work illustrated by this painter.
Limited edition of 171 copies signed by the writer and artist: this one on Arches vellum, numbered LXIX. A further 130 copies - unsigned or not - were reserved for Italian and German bibliophiles.
PROVENANCE: Maurice J. Lachard (bookplate).
Ménagerie énigmatique... decorated by Assia. [Paris,] aux dépens d'un amateur, 1961. In-folio, leaves, illustrated cover, publisher's folder and slipcase (slight marks on slipcase).
Illustrated with 28 color compositions, including a frontispiece, 2 double plates and 5 full-page plates reproduced in color from compositions by Assia, the artist name of Henry Prince of Hesse, son of Landgrave Philip and Princess
Mafalda of Italy. This is the only work illustrated by this painter.
Limited edition of 171 copies signed by the writer and artist: this one on Arches vellum, numbered LXIX. A further 130 copies - unsigned or not - were reserved for Italian and German bibliophiles.
PROVENANCE: Maurice J. Lachard (bookplate).