Rene Ben Sussan Explained
Rene Ben Sussan (born 1895 in Salonika)[1] was an illustrator, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. His most widely seen works are his illustrations for the various "Limited Editions Club" and "Heritage Press" series of small print runs of handmade and hand-bound books.
He illustrated:
Volpone, or The Fox, by Ben Jonson, 1952 [2]
Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington, London 1960[3]
The Cid, translated by Robert Southey, 1958 [4]
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Limited Editions Club, 1939 [5]
Sheridan's Plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Heritage Press, 1956 [6]
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Limited Editions Club, 1953. Etchings hand-colored.[7]
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Limited Editions Club 1934. Etchings hand-illustrated.[8]
Old Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, Limited Editions Club, 1948. 1st thus illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to, hand-colored illustrations [9]
Les Soeurs Hortensias par Henri Duvernois, Le Livre de Demain, Arthème Fayard, Paris, 1941, 31 bois originaux.
Notes and References
- Michael C. Bussacco, Heritage Press Sandglass Companion Book: 1960-1983 (Archbald, PA: Tribute Books, 2009), 56, available online, accessed August 31, 2011
- Jonson, Ben. Illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan. Volpone, or The Fox. Oxford, Limited Editions Club, 1952
- Balzac, Honoré de: Eugénie Grandet. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington and illustrations by René ben Sussan, London 1960
- Ben Sussan, Rene, The Cid, translated by Robert Southey. Limited Editions Club 1958
- Ben Sussan, Rene, The Cid, translated by Robert Southey. 1958
- Sheridan's Plays, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Heritage Press) 1956
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Rivals.Limited Editions Club, 1953. 1st thus 4 to gold stamped full yellow buckram, 12 copper plate hand-colored etchings by Rene Ben Sussan
- Sheridan, R.B. Illustrated by Sussan, Rene Ben. The School for Scandal: A Comedy. Limited Editions Club. (Limited Editions Club). Sheridan, R. B. The School for Scandal. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrated with hand-colored copper etchings by Rene Ben Sussan.
- Balzac, Honoré de. Old Goriot.Limited Editions Club, 1948. 1st thus illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to, hand colored illustrations
