Bonaventure. by BONA and Alain VIRCONDOLET.

8vo (220 × 130 mm), pp. 307, [5], plates and illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Original etching, signed and numbered by Bona, loosely inserted (as issued). An excellent copy.

First edition, number 22 of 50 special copies with a rare signed etching by Bona. Partly autobiographical this is one of the most illuminating retrospective accounts of Bona’s life and art, presented as an alphabetical gazeteer of influences, themes and ideas (amitié, dessin, De Pisis, echo. jeux,paradoxes, poèmes, solitude, tisssus, etc).