Bidspirit auction | Elian-J. Finbert, Autograph on his

Elian-J. Finbert, Autograph on his Book: Le Perroquet Fabuleux. Illustr. by Ph. Jullian, #32/800, 1947, in French. - Elian-J. Finbert, Autograph on his Book: Le Perroquet Fabuleux. Illustr. by Philippe Jullian, #32/800, 1947, in French. Le Perroquet Fabuleux. Divertissement sur des Themes Orientaux. Illustre de dessins de Philippe Jullian. Autograph / dedication of the author on frontispiece in French from 7/12/1950 Editions Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1947. 223 pages, The Fabulous Parrot. Entertainment on Oriental Themes. Illustrated with drawings by Philippe Jullian. Published by Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1947., 223 pages, . Copy on Lafuma Frères LLLL pure-thread vellum paper, numbered no. 32/800. Folded soft cover with original glassine paper, size: 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Condition: tears to glassine paper, foxing stains to edges, endpapers and some sporadic small foxing stains internally Weight: 580 gr. Elian Judas Finbert, also known as Elian J. Finbert, was a French-speaking man of letters of Jewish origin born in 1899 in Jaffa, Palestine, and died in 1977. A wildlife writer, he founded the collection Scènes de la vie des bêtes (Scenes from the Life of Animals) published by Albin Michel in 1936. Elian Judas Finbert began by writing novels and travel books about Egypt. He became a camel driver and wrote several books on camels. During the Second World War, he took refuge in the Free Zone in 1940. Like the Sequana publishing house (Juillard), of which he was a member, he met Marie-Aimée Méraville, who supplied him with supplies. After taking courses, he became a transhumant shepherd in Aveyron, then in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region, which allowed him to devote several books to these subjects. Before sharing with us The Difficult Destiny (published in 1937), he lived with Parisian tramps. He subsequently published all sorts of books and translations (African proverbs, The Blue Guide to Israel, etc.). He found ”his calling” when he began writing books about ”the most beautiful animal stories” (certain relationships with animals, starting with the monkey Noara from his childhood, had a profound impact on him; he has declared: ”If I have a soul, it is to animals that I owe it”). This bestiary prompted this dedication from Colette: ”Elian Finbert, of whom I am very jealous because he knows how to talk to animals better than I do.” He also hosted a radio show on this theme and wrote columns in animal magazines. He received several awards from the Académie Française, the Vernaguer Foundation Prize, the Sully-Olivier de Serres Prize, the Prix de la Pensée française, and finally the Grand Prix Poncetton from the Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL), created in 1970 and awarded for his entire body of work in 1974. Philippe Jullian (real name: Philippe Simounet; 11 July 1919 – 25 September 1977) was a French illustrator, art historian, biographer, aesthete, novelist and dandy.