Le Satiricon
unbound
1949 · Paris
by PETRONIUS
Paris: aux Depens d'un Amateur, 1949. Limited. unbound. Emile Othon Friesz. Translated into French by Laurent Tailhade. Illustrated with 40 original lithographs by Emile Othon Friesz printed in brown & black (cover; 36 full-page; 2 vignettes). [8], 249, (3) pages printed on 33 loose fasicules, within lithographed covers. in Paris: aux Depens d'un Amateur, 1949. A near fine copy with very clean pages. Preserved in original board slipcase, sturdy but well-worn. Limited edition. Number 43 of 218 copies, this is one of only 25 on Arches with a suite [only 32 images but 5 appear to be signed in pencil by the artist on rear, including 1 that does not appear elsewhere in the book] "en noir sur papier d'Auvergne a la main". Etablie par Daniel Sickles et Rene Gas., sur les presses de Fequet et Baudier. Les Lithographies originales ont ete tirees en deux tons sure less presses a Bras de E. et J. Desjobert. (Inventory #: 289311)