Lot 86
Fine Binding by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain - Voltaire, François Marie Arouet
£2,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Candide. Paris, 1932. 4to, limited to 100 copies on Arches and with a suite of the illustrations in black; of these this is number IV of 14 hors commerce copies, signed by Gus Bofa, containing a number of trial proofs on Chine, 33 coloured plates and 32 illustrations in the text by Gus Bofa, light blue morocco, with a design of gilt rays spreading in bands from a small central inlay of ivory to the edges, one band inlaid in darker blue calf, wide inside borders similarly inlaid and gilt, brown suede flyleaves, original wrappers bound in, g.e., in a card chemise and slipcase, by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain
Footnote
Note: Jacques Anthoine-Legrain was the stepson and assistant to the equally famous French designer bookbinder Pierre Legrain. The two were at the forefront of the rise of the French modern movement in bookbinding.
