Numéro du livre: 45006
Henry Babou, Éditeur, Paris, 1929
Large 4to (26x20 cm). Original publisher's wrappers printed in 2 colours. 48,(viii) pp. Uncut., in loose sheets, as issued. Title printed in 2 colours. With 3 pages facsimile of the letter of Régnier and 11 plates: frontispiece portrait by Martin and 10 plates (7 in colours). With numerous illustrations in text printed in black or in 2 colours. All the pictures represent book-illustrations from the art-deco period. At the end 2 pp. "Bibliographie des Oeuvres Illustrées par George Barbier". - Wrappers partly discoloured, but a very nice copy of the 10th volume of the series "Les Artistes du Livre". - Printed in 750 copies only. Printed with the Dutch 'mediaeval' on the presses of Ducros et Colas, maîtres-imprimeurs. One of the 50 (off trade) copies numbered I-L. Copy number XXXVIII, with monogram, printed on handmade paper "Johannot Annonay 1634".
