Author: Musée du Livre Bruxelles ( éditeur ) - Georges RENCY :
Title: Musée du Livre - 29e - 30e Fascicule - 1914 ( 8th year ). Le Musée du Livre - La Littérature Belge de Langue Française en 1913 ( conférence par Georges Rency ).
Description: .: 0. Bruxelles, Musée du Livre, 1914 , in-4°, 28,5 x 21,5 cm, pp (513 - 543) + illustrations . Leaves bound together with a silk tie, no wrapper ( as issued). Very fine copy. This is the 29-30th issue ( fascicule in French) of the prestigeous Brussels' periodical devoted to the art of the book. It covers the whole subject : typography, lettering , binding, illustration...Its pre-war publications (before 1914) are rightly famous for the beautiful typographical execution. The project , animated by Henri Liebrecht, could rely on the aid of the main Brussels printing houses, paper and ink suppliers. ( e.g. Imprimerie Goossens, établ. Malvaux ...). They published 4 issues per year ( fascicules ). This nicely illustrated issue contains the portraits of all the leading French-speaking Belgian authors, further illustrated in colour by Maurice Langaskens , Juliette Wytsman.. .

Keywords: