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34 - ESOPE - [HERNANDEZ]. Selected Fables.
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Estimate €180 - €250
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Description
ESOPE - [HERNANDEZ]. Selected Fables. Original lithographs by Mateo Hernandez. Paris, Gonin frères, 1934, folio (28 x 37.5 cm), unpaginated. Bound in caramel-coloured half-shagreen, with corner pieces, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons and friezes, gilt headband, trimmed edges; cover and spine preserved. Edition printed in a run of 114 copies; one of 69 on custom-sized vellum, in very fresh condition and well bound. Dr Marchal’s bookplate (an owl, wood-engraved by R. Bigot). Twenty fables illustrated with 21 (including a frontispiece) large original lithographs by the animal sculptor Mateo Hernandez. The third title in the ‘Gonin frères’ collection, printed in large type.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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