BENN,BENCION [also known as BENSION RABINOWICZ]. — Douze petits contes juifs sur un thème drôle.

Paris, Pierre Worms Éditeur, [1936]. Title-page, 12 full-page b./w. plates after drawing by Benn, each with 1 accompanying text sheet. Orig. softcover with paper wrappers. 4to oblong. - Pages / cover partly loose; cover stained along the edges; later annotation in ink on the first free endpaper. Published in a limited edition of 124 numbered copies (incl. 4 copies on Japanese paper). This is copy nr. 99 of the 120 copies printed on Dutch laid paper. - With an dedication in ink on the colophon: "a mon ami Bella et Kosta. Benn." - - Each little tale (1 page) evokes the town of Chelm and its inhabitants, renowned for their naivety. - - Benn (Bension or Bencjon Rabinowicz) (Polish -French, 1905 - 1989) was a painter associated with the School of Paris. His early work was mostly figurative; much of his later work is inspired by the Bible, particularly the Book of Psalms.