Bernard Buffet — Voyages Fantastiques aux États et Empires de la Lune et du Soleil
(Cyrano de Bergerac). Paris, Joseph Foret, 1958.
A fine in-folio edition published by Joseph Foret, complete in the original publisher’s folder and slipcase.
Illustrated with 18 original drypoints by Bernard Buffet, including two double-page plates — a fully original graphic suite created specifically for this publication.
Printed in a limited edition of 281 copies, of which 197 were produced on Rives B.F.K. paper. This is copy no. 100/197, one of the desirable Rives examples.
Typography and layout are of the highest quality typical of the Foret atelier, with the dramatic Buffet title-page drypoint preceding Cyrano de Bergerac’s text Voyages fantastiques aux États et Empires de la Lune et du Soleil.
A solid and attractive example of this important Buffet livre d’artiste, preserved in very good condition.
