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Bonnard, Pierre. (1867–1947); Terrasse, Claude. (1867–1923). Petit solfège illustré. Illustrations de Pierre Bonnard. Deuxième mille.. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin/Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies. [1893]. First edition. (2), 30, (2)pp. 30 compositions by Bonnard, mostly printed in colors, integrated with and surrounding the texts and musical passages. Oblong 4to. Publisher’s dec. boards, 1/4 cloth, with full-cover illustrations by Bonnard on both front and back.


One of Bonnard’s earliest and most charming publications, a primer in musical notation for children, by his brother-in-law Claude Terrasse. “I have to think of the decorators of ancient missals, or of the art that the Japanese put into the decoration of encyclopedic dictionaries to give myself some courage,” he wrote to Vuillard in 1891, during the creation of the book. In all, 2,000 copies were printed, in two issues of 1,000 copies; this example from the second. Covers slightly rubbed, overall a nice copy. Terrasse 6; Basel 27; Chapon p. 65; Söderberg p. 138; Turn of a Century 56; Carteret IV.77 6 .

Bonnard, Pierre. (1867–1947); Terrasse, Claude. (1867–1923) Petit solfège illustré. Illustrations de Pierre Bonnard. Deuxième mille.

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Bonnard, Pierre. (1867–1947); Terrasse, Claude. (1867–1923). Petit solfège illustré. Illustrations de Pierre Bonnard. Deuxième mille.. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin/Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies. [1893]. First edition. (2), 30, (2)pp. 30 compositions by Bonnard, mostly printed in colors, integrated with and surrounding the texts and musical passages. Oblong 4to. Publisher’s dec. boards, 1/4 cloth, with full-cover illustrations by Bonnard on both front and back.


One of Bonnard’s earliest and most charming publications, a primer in musical notation for children, by his brother-in-law Claude Terrasse. “I have to think of the decorators of ancient missals, or of the art that the Japanese put into the decoration of encyclopedic dictionaries to give myself some courage,” he wrote to Vuillard in 1891, during the creation of the book. In all, 2,000 copies were printed, in two issues of 1,000 copies; this example from the second. Covers slightly rubbed, overall a nice copy. Terrasse 6; Basel 27; Chapon p. 65; Söderberg p. 138; Turn of a Century 56; Carteret IV.77 6 .