Proust in a Binding made by Paul Bonet

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Here is a little book that has many qualities.

This is a first edition (printed in 1913) of "Du Côté de chez Swann", the first title of the series "A la recherche du temps perdu" which was the major work of Marcel Proust.

The copy is one of the first on luxury paper and includes a dedication in four lines of the author to a friend's daughter.

This book is dressed in a gilt and silvered binding made by Paul Bonet in 1960. The bindings of this artist are highly sought, quite rightly, for their luxury and for the elegance of the design. Bonet, inspired by the work to develop the drawing, provides here a nice set of leaves and flowers in delicate arabesques.

The sale takes place in Paris on April 29, through the coordination of three études of auctioneers operating in Drouot: Mathias, Baron-Ribeyre and Farrando-Lemoine. The estimate is 100 K €.

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

A nice bid for this beautiful first edition, an interesting literary memory whose binding is an artwork : it was sold 104 K € fees included.