Exhibits of art auctions of the world. Winter 23

Ahlden/Aller - 1-12-2023

Book "Mes Amis" by Emmanuel Bove and André Dignimont

433 600.00

With a modern unique book cassette by Apeiron (Cornelia and Florian Lamprecht), the famous novel "Mes amis" by Emmanuel Bove, with 14 original engravings (including frontispiece and 11 on plates) by André Dignimont, 205 pages; published in Éditions Émile-Paul Frères, Paris 1927; number 182 of 200 numbered copies (total edition 225 ex.). 28.5 cm x 19 cm. Original paperback (ex-libris, spine broken; binding partially loose) in original linen cover and cardboard slipcase. The lasciviously designed artist book cassette, shaped like a female torso corresponding to the content of the novel, made of white smooth leather, with the steps covered in a snake leather-like structured, thin leather cover. Below, on the side, it can be opened to remove the book, showing a gilded metal chain with a gemstone and a triangular red velvet piece. Cassette dimensions 31 cm x 21.5 cm x 5.5 cm. Overall in very good condition. Apeiron was founded by the German couple Cornelia and Florian Lamprecht in Berlin. Their work was based on a fusion of art, architecture, and fashion in the 1980s, and continued until the 1990s. Illustrated book "Mes amis" by Emmanuel Bove with engravings by André Dignimont in a modern artful unique box by Apeiron. The book was published by Éditions Émile-Paul Frères in Paris 1927, no. 184 of an edition of 200 (complete edition 225).

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