Les menus & programmes illustrés.(Limited Edition) Invitations - Billets de faire part - Cartes d'adresse - Petites estampes (small prints),number 542 of 1050 copies, plates, illustrations in the text (some coloured).

Maillard, Léon

Verlag: G. Boudet, 1898

Beschreibung

Handsomely bound in moroccan leather spine and leather tips with marbled paper-covered boards. The spine is decorated in bright gilt with a striking vertical art nouveau design, and the title and date. With the original pictorial wrappers designed by Alphonse Mucha bound in at the front and the back of the volume. Very clean and tight throughout, printed on heavy stock with splendidly crisp engravings and lithography. Occasional scuffing to the leather along the spine edges and heavy wear to the edges of the leather tips. The marbled paper-covered boards show a little puckering, slight scratches on the rear boards, which is also missing a triangular, fingernail-sized piece of paper. The book is adorned with over 460 reproductions, many in color. A splendid and dynamic presentation of wining and dining in the Belle Époque. A survey of the art of menus and theatre programmes, concentrating on designers of the last decades of the nineteenth century, including Mucha, Steinlen, Chéret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Willete, and Boutet de Monvel. A truly fascinating look at Parisian life through the lenses of restaurant menus and theater programs in the late 19th century. Please see the photos. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1034

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Les menus & programmes illustrés.(Limited ...

Verlag: G. Boudet

Erscheinungsdatum: 1898

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition.