Author: GARWOOD, DUNCAN; KRISTIN KIMBALL
Title: The Arts of the French Book, 1900-1965: Illustrated Books of the School of Paris
Description: Dallas, Texas, Southern Methodist University Press. 1967, First Edition. quarter-cloth and faux leather, 9 1/2"x 8". Exhibition Catalogue, 120 pages; more than 76 catalogued books, most illustrated, b&w or color. Beaux livres, livres de peintre, de luxe limited editions. Illustrations by many of the prominent artists of the day. Arrangement is chronological begiining with several 19th-century examples as "forerunners" to the 20th-century expansion of interest and technology. Deep blue cloth backing with cream embossed boards; the front board with an embossed design after Etienne Hajdu. Edges of the boards are darkened, otherwise clean throughout, tight binding. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: French Art Books Artist Books Artists' Books Beaux Livres Livre de Peintre éditions de Luxe Illustrated Books School of Paris Art-France, Belgium


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