94 - François-Xavier LALANNE

François-Xavier LALANNE Ordinary Bestiary Paris, Serendip, 2003 Preface by Patrick Mauriès In-4° (385 × 284), loose-leaf, with a printed and lined white cover, publisher’s folder and slipcase; 12 copperplate engravings or lithographs, each executed using a different technique, printed on special papers, all signed with the artist’s monogram and accompanied by a commentary by the artist Depicted are: the grasshopper, the bat, the spider, the blackbird, the dormouse, the ant, the snail, the wasp, the rat, the fly, the swallow, and the mosquito Edition of 75 copies; this one is “No. 61,” signed with the artist’s initials in the colophon From “Bestiaire ordinaire,” a book of 12 prints, each executed in a different technique, each signed with the artist’s monogram, numbered, and signed on the colophon by François-Xavier Lalanne—2003 François-Xavier LALANNE