DEMAISON (André). - Lot 129

DEMAISON (André). La Comédie animale. Other Animals We Call Wild. Paris: Les Écrivains français, 1934. — In-4, 217 x 166: 255 pp., printed cover. Dark blue Jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, brown morocco fillet surrounded by a double gold fillet on the inside, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, edged slipcase (J. Van West). First edition of this collection of six short stories: *Histoire de princes*. — *Trois pauvres diables*. — *Une famille d’aigrettes*. — *La Clause de chaleur*. — *Zib, le chacal*. - *A Truly Wild Beast*. It is part of the *La Comédie animale* cycle. One of 130 copies printed on Arches vellum, reprinted in the in-4 tellière format. A unique copy, enriched with 50 superb original pen-and-ink drawings in the margins, enhanced with color, by the wildlife painter and sculptor Georges Lucien GUYOT (1885–1973). The drawings are unsigned, but the artist wrote by hand on the title page: “Pen-and-ink drawings, enhanced, by Guyot.” ” A beautiful copy bound by the Belgian bookbinder Jules-Karl Van West. Spine faded. Provenance: JEP bookplate, woodcut.