110 Antiquarian and Modern Books from L'Ancre Aldine
Cherries as illustrated by Alphonse MAS.
Item 26 is a copy of Salvadore Dali's Pater Noster, published in 1966. It includes nine color plates painted by Dali for this work. They illustrated the Lord's Prayer in Italian, English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Latin. Captions are provided on the tissue guards. €1,100 (US $1,376).
Item 76 is a spectacularly illustrated work about fruit: Le Verger ou histoire, culture et description avec planches coloriees des varietes de fruits... by Alphonse MAS, published 1865-1874. There are 384 color plates containing 792 images of fruits. Naturally, many varieties of the same fruit are displayed. €10,500 (US $13,140).
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