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46 - CALDER (Alexander) - AESOP.

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€500 - 700

Sale fees

28.1%

CALDER (Alexander) - AESOP. Fables of Aesop according to Sir Roger L'Estrange. New York: Harrison de Paris, [1931]. — In-8, 256 x 190: (5 leaves, first 2 blank), 124 pp., (3 leaves, last blank). Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, publisher’s slipcase and case. A now very rare edition of this work designed by Monroe Wheeler and illustrated with 50 drawings by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), reproduced in black within the text. Limited edition of 665 copies; this is one of 595 printed on Auvergne laid paper (no. 24), and is also one of the 170 copies on this paper reserved for France. Perfectly preserved copy, almost entirely uncut. There is some scuffing on the edges of the slipcase.

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Auction details

Anne and Arsène Bonafous-Murat Collection - Antique and Modern Books
Wednesday, November 25
02:00 PM
3, rue Favart
75002 Paris, France

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Ader +33 1 53 40 77 10 contact@ader-paris.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 300,000 lots published

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