Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 317

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939) & Aesop (c. 620-564 BCE)
Fables d'Ésope.

Paris: Hachette & Co., 1913.

Limited French edition, quarto; no. 52 of 55 copies printed on papier du Japon and signed by Rackham on the limitation page; illustrated with frontispiece and 12 color plates tipped onto gray cardstock with captioned tissue guards preserved, numerous additional text illustrations throughout; bound in gilt-decorated vellum, top edge gilt with others edges uncut (lacking original silk ties); 11 1/4 x 9 in.

Riall, p. 112.