ZAO WOU-KI - BONNEFOY (Yves). - Lot 128

ZAO WOU-KI - BONNEFOY (Yves). XXIV Shakespeare sonnets. [Paris]: Les Bibliophiles de France, [1994]. - In-4, 347 x 278 : (68 ff. first 4 and last 3 blank), printed cover. In sheets, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. First edition of Yves Bonnefoy's translation of Shakespeare's first 24 sonnets, the 27th work published by Bibliophiles de France. It is illustrated with 7 original full-page etchings by ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013). Edition of 195 copies on wove paper, signed at the head by the author and the artist. This is one of 30 reserved for the author, illustrator, collaborators and legal deposit. It bears the number II and was specially printed for Pierre Jean Mathan, who printed the text on his own presses. It is enriched with the menu for the meal given by the Bibliophiles de France to mark the book's release on May 4, 1994, illustrated with an etching by Zao Wou-Ki, and an autograph card signed by Yves Bonnefoy, addressed to Pierre Jean Mathan, from whom he requested a second proof "which should be the final one". It is on the letterhead of the Collège de France and dated February 1, 1993; the envelope is enclosed. A very well preserved copy.