BRAQUE Georges, Théogonie
BRAQUE, Georges.
Theogonie d’Hésiode
Paris: Aimé Maeght, 1955.
Folio, (438 x 330mm).
Printed in Greek in sans serif Europe capitals, the headlines and page numerals inked in brown. Illustrated with an etched frontispiece printed in black and tan, 16 mixed etching plates, mixed-etching headpiece and tailpiece vignettes, illustrated table of the etchings, etched front cover of original wrappers printed in colours and varnished in yellow, all by George Braque, the frontispiece and plates blind-stamped in margins with monogram GB within a circle.
Bound in crushed black morocco by Paul Bonet, each cover with two abstract sculptural onlays, one a mosaic of yellow morocco on a recessed vertical panel of black calf, the other a mosaic of green morocco on a recessed vertical panel of white calf, the smooth spine with the title letterd vertically in yellow morocco Greek–letter onlays, doublures of mustard reverse calf edged with black calf, linings of forest green reverse calf edged with white calf, edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, signed by Bonet on the front turn-in and dated 1960 on the lower.
Slipcase and half morocco chemise.
