Paris.: Société d'Editions Littéraires et Artistiques / Librairie Paul Ollendorff., c.1900.. Full blue crushed morocco by Dubois with his signature gilt, boards ruled in gilt, banded spine six compartments with gilt title, turn-ins ruled in gilt with fleuron corner tools, marbled endpapers, original publisher's pictorial wrappers by Morin preserved.. Small folio. (328 x 248 mm).. Half-title with printed dedication, justification verso, printed title in red and black with publisher's vignette and Doucet's text illustrated with a total of 48 colour text illustrations and 16 vignettes by Louis Morin, after his watercolour designs, leaf with 'Table' with head-piece, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer and vignette. Louis Morin illustrating Jérôme Doucet.Each of Doucet's 'Pantomimes' features an illustrated title and two leaves with his text and Morin's illustrations; each 'Pentomime' is dedicated to a different 'ami', among whom are the dedicatees 'Pierrot (Adolphe) Brisson' and 'Pierrot (René or Marcel or Jules) Baschet.The 'Pantomimes' are the following: 'Le Philtre', 'Clysterium Donare', 'Les Violettes', 'At Home', 'La Croix de Son Père', 'Dalila', 'Le Saule', 'Tes Père et Mère', 'Immanente Justice', 'Meneur de Grève', 'Le Sermon', 'La Pantomime'.

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Bookseller: Sims Reed Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25916
Title: Notre Ami Pierrot. Une Douzaine de Pantomimes.
Author: MORIN, Louis. Doucet, Jérôme
Format/Binding: Full blue crushed morocco by Dubois with his signature gilt, boards ruled in gilt, banded spine six compartments with gilt title
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Société d'Editions Littéraires et Artistiques / Librairie Paul Ollendorff.
Place of Publication: Paris.
Date Published: c.1900.
Pages: pp. 75.
Size: Small folio. (328 x 248 mm).

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Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Folio: A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....