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. Edited by Robert Brun 1896-1978. Paris : Éditions A. Tallone, 1944. Limited edition copy #417. Oblong 12mo. 160 pages. Original covers bound in. Bound in an interesting amateur binding signed by Colette Hébert of dark-blue fine grained morocco, with decoration on the upper cover of shooting stars in red and blue chased by curving three-part gilt rules. Spine littered in gilt, Slight scuffing to spine. Inscribed on a front flyleaf by the editior R. Brun to the binder. 10 woodcuts by woodcuts by Jean Lébédeff, 1884-1972 including cover, frontis and for each of the eight tales. With morocco tipped slipcase of marbled boards, a little rubbed.
Hand printed in occupied Paris at the press of Alberto Tallone Editore who printed 450 exquisite volumes, produced first in Paris, then in Alpignano, Italy. The Tallone books are entirely set by hand with original type fonts of great beauty, derived from the punches cut directly by typographical legends such as Nicholas Kis (1650-1702), and William Caslon (1693).
Alberto Tallone's books are printed either on pure-cotton papers or on selected precious papers from China and Japan. Some are set in the Tallone font, created by Alberto Tallone, and inspired by the classical architecture of Andrea Palladio. Robert Brun was a French historian of art and especially of the medieval and early modern period. He was an eminent bibliographer at the Bibliotheque National de France.
The illustrator Jean Lebedeff or Ivan Lebedev (1884 - 1972): Born in November 1884 in Russia in Bogorodskoye (near Nizhny Novgorod). Died in September 1972 in Nîmes. Active then naturalized in France.
Bibliography: I.P. Dubray: L'Imagier, Jean Lebedeff Paris, 1939 - in: Paris Moscow, 1900-1930, catalog of the exhibition, Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1979.See: http