Librairie de France

A collection of twelve issues of L'Amour de l'art for the year 1931, bound together in one volume, richly illustrated.

Half shagreen brown binding with corners, marbled paper boards, spine with four raised bands, gilt-lettered title and date on spine, marbled paper endpapers, gilt top edge, original Art Deco wrappers preserved. A few minor rubs and spots of soiling to the binding, some leaves lightly browned at the margins, otherwise a fine copy.

 

Contributions by Elie Faure, René Huyghe, Claude Roger-Marx, Germain Bazin, Jean Cassou, Paul Fierens, Raymond Cogniat, Charles Léger, Pierre Prat, Charles Sterling, Tristan Klingsor, Raymond...

First edition illustrated with 104 illustrations by Louise Hervieu including 20 plates, one of 350 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only issue after 16 Japan and 35 Holland copies.
Unlettered spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Signed autograph Jean Sarment Etienne Rey and his wife: "... these little songs intermittent poet ..."
spine and marginally insolated boards, nice interior state.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper, the only printing along with 5 Japan and 10 Holland copies.
Work illustrated with original woodcuts by Paul Provost.
Handsome copy.

Collected edition, one of 2,500 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding in red half-shagreen with bands, spines slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with gilt ornamental motifs, vellum-style boards, some small marginal surface wear to heads of boards, illustrated covers and spine preserved, top edges gilt, bindings signed by Lise L. Bataille.
Work illustrated with 32 plates, 12 in color by Adrien Bagarry as well as tailpieces by Boris Grosser, cover illustrated by Jean Boisseau.
Literary contributions by Rétif de la Bretonne, Claude Godard d'Aucour, the comte de Caylus...
Handsome set.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from Francis Viélé-Griffin to Louis Gillet.
Spine cracked.

first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph Francis Viele-Griffin journalist of the French Action Mathieix Paul.
A small angular lack Length of second course.

First edition.
Illustrated with photographic plates.
Half blonde marbled calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with small wheels on the bands.
Good copy.

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First edition on ordinary paper; only 66 deluxe copies were printed.
With frontispiece portrait of A. Fontainas by P. Valéry, iconography.
A marginal lack affecting the back cover, spine cracked and reglued with small lacks.