Histoire de Marie
Foreword by Henry Miller.
Beautiful copy.
Rare autograph dated and signed by Brassaï to Janine and Raymond Queneau: "... these alms (sic) made by Marie ... very little Claudelian. With Brassaï's friendship."

From the 19th century onwards, the invention of lithography transformed the art of illustration. Artists soon embraced this technique, which offered almost total freedom of creation. The livre d'artiste made its appearance and colour came to shine upon literature...
Edition illustrated with 16 original copper engravings by Jean-Emile Laboureur, one of 25 numbered copies on vieux Japon à la forme, deluxe issue.
Full green box calf binding, smooth spine decorated with inlaid pieces of brown and red box calf forming a pattern of alternating diagonal lines extending onto the boards, a gilt fillet and a palladium fillet on the covers, black watered silk endpapers and doublures framed with a wide strip of green box calf and a geometric composition of red box calf framed in gilt on the doublures, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, elegant Art Deco binding dated and signed by Geneviève de Léotard, 1931.
A precio
Rare first edition of this catalogue presenting jewellery creations by the Maison Templier.
Very nice copy.
Illustrated catalogue with 3 photographs by Laure Albin-Guillot.