La Fontaine / Henry Lemarié - Fables - 1962-1966
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La Fontaine / Henry Lemarié, Fables, a three-volume numbered petit-in-4 edition in French with loose pages and a case, 600 pages, 25 × 20 cm, Paris, Éditions d'Art les Heures Claires, 1962–1966, one of 2850 copies on vélin de Rives with 60 color plates by Henry Lemarié.
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Paris, Éditions d'Art les Heures Claires, 1962-1966; 3 volumes, small quarto, 197 + 164 + 209 pages, unbound, in printed wrappers, with printed dust jackets, titled folders, and decorated slipcases by the publisher. The 3 volumes.
One of the 2,850 numbered copies on Rives vellum, illustrated with 60 color compositions by Henry Lemarié.
The production of this three-volume edition of the Fables by Jean de la Fontaine, begun in October 1962 and completed in Paris on May 21, 1966, required forty-four months of exceptional work. The composition and printing of the text, as well as the printing of the borders and tailpieces, were carried out by Imprimerie Daragnès. Jean Taricco engraved approximately two thousand two hundred woodblocks necessary for reproducing Henry Lemarié's watercolors. The printing was done at the Jacquet workshop.
A fine example.
Paris, Éditions d'Art les Heures Claires, 1962-1966; 3 volumes, small quarto, 197 + 164 + 209 pages, unbound, in printed wrappers, with printed dust jackets, titled folders, and decorated slipcases by the publisher. The 3 volumes.
One of the 2,850 numbered copies on Rives vellum, illustrated with 60 color compositions by Henry Lemarié.
The production of this three-volume edition of the Fables by Jean de la Fontaine, begun in October 1962 and completed in Paris on May 21, 1966, required forty-four months of exceptional work. The composition and printing of the text, as well as the printing of the borders and tailpieces, were carried out by Imprimerie Daragnès. Jean Taricco engraved approximately two thousand two hundred woodblocks necessary for reproducing Henry Lemarié's watercolors. The printing was done at the Jacquet workshop.
A fine example.
Details
Number of Books
3
Subject
Literature
Book Title
Fables
Author/ Illustrator
La Fontaine / Henry Lemarié
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1962
Publication year youngest item
1966
Height
25 cm
Edition
Numbered edition
Width
20 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Loose page
Extras
Slipcase
Number of pages
600
