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Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Three volume set. 4to. Unbound leaves with wraps and slipcases. Text in French. Extensively illustrated in black and white and color. Leaves uncut. Volumes II and III with additional glassine wrappers. Wraps lightly sunned at spines. Volume I with slight bumping to corners. Glassine chipped at top edge in volume III. Slipcases splitting at edges. Books near fine.
RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS | LA by Devauchelle, Roger - 1959
by Devauchelle, Roger
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RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS | LA
by Devauchelle, Roger
- Used
- first
Bookplate of Alexandre Paul Rosenberg designed by Pablo Picasso
Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959; 3 volumes, small 4to. quarter leather with cloth-covered boards, lettering on spine in gilt; xvi,(16),201 pages,88 plates; 259+(1) pages,71 plates; 288+(1) pages,92 plates.
First edition, limited to 900 copies (S-K 1951). Original wrappers bound in. This extraordinary work provides a richly illustrated history of bookbinding in France, from its origins until the book's publication. Each volume's frontispiece consists of a beautiful tipped-in color plate. Each volume contains an excellent bibliography, and in the second and third volumes there are biographical essays on the leading binders of the period. This set has the exlibris bookplate in all three volumes of Lt. Alexandre Paul Rosenberg, the son of famed art dealer Paul Rosenberg, as well as inspiration behind the film 'The Train' (1964) where Lt. Rosenberg is played by the actor Burt Lancaster. The bookplate is designed by Pablo Picasso, better known inside the Rosenberg family as "Uncle Pablo" due to the close relationship Picasso had with Paul Rosenberg. Light rubbing along the front hinge of all three volumes, else a pristine set.
Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959; 3 volumes, small 4to. quarter leather with cloth-covered boards, lettering on spine in gilt; xvi,(16),201 pages,88 plates; 259+(1) pages,71 plates; 288+(1) pages,92 plates.
First edition, limited to 900 copies (S-K 1951). Original wrappers bound in. This extraordinary work provides a richly illustrated history of bookbinding in France, from its origins until the book's publication. Each volume's frontispiece consists of a beautiful tipped-in color plate. Each volume contains an excellent bibliography, and in the second and third volumes there are biographical essays on the leading binders of the period. This set has the exlibris bookplate in all three volumes of Lt. Alexandre Paul Rosenberg, the son of famed art dealer Paul Rosenberg, as well as inspiration behind the film 'The Train' (1964) where Lt. Rosenberg is played by the actor Burt Lancaster. The bookplate is designed by Pablo Picasso, better known inside the Rosenberg family as "Uncle Pablo" due to the close relationship Picasso had with Paul Rosenberg. Light rubbing along the front hinge of all three volumes, else a pristine set.
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press
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- Format/Binding Quarter leather with cloth-covered boards, lettering on spine in gilt
- Book Condition Used
- Publisher Jean Rousseau-Girard
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published 1959
- Keywords Bookbinding, Pablo Picasso
- Size small 4to.
We have 1 copies available starting at NZ$2,109.00.
LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS
by Devauchelle, Roger
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
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