1943. Besson, George. Ch. Walch. Lyon: Braun 1943. 16p, ca. 15 ills. Fair paperbound in poor, rather torn, d.j. In the publisher's "Initier" series. ** Despite being born with a deformed leg and arm, Alsatian-born Walch achieved artistic renown in France between the world wars. Besson was the first critic..... More
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1958. First edition. Soft cover. 28p, 21 ills. One of 1000 copies designed by Rob Roy Kelly. Back cover and last few pages dampstained along spine. Covers age soiled. Catalogue for a loan exhibition that aimed to assemble all the major Poussin paintings in..... More
1861. Bouillet, J.-B. Musee de Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome). Clermont: Typographie de Paul Hubler 1861. 212p, no ills. Fair paperbound: institutional library discard, minimally marked. Covers detached, stitching loosening. Housed in card-stock folder. ** First edition of this guide to the recently established provincial museum in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Short introduction, list of..... More
1953. Dorival, Bernard. Raoul Dufy 1877-1953. Paris: Musee National d'Art Moderne 1953. 63p (ca. 260 items) + 40 black-and-white pls. Good paperbound (cover wear). In French. ** A large exhibition, long in the planning and mounted after Dufy's death. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default..... More
1967. Dorival, Bernard. Raoul Dufy. Tokyo: Musee National d'Art Occidental, 1967. N.p. (199 works), over 200 ills. Good paperbound in worn original glassine d.j. In Japanese. ** Catalogue of a large, wide-ranging exhibition, including many works on paper and ceramics. It was also shown in Kyoto. The illustrations, though all..... More
1911. Fournier-Sarloveze. Louis-Auguste Brun: Peintre de Marie-Antoinette 1758-1814. Paris: Goupil 1911. 150p, many ills. Very good hardcover (buckram with leather label), original wrappers bound in. Small stain to back cover; mended closed tear to one upper page margin; occasional light foxing. No. 73 of 1000 copies. ** Focuses on Brun's..... More
Paris: Musee Jacquemart-Andre; printed by Busson, 1963. First edition. Paperbound. 56p + many pls., several in color. In French. Erratum slip laid in. Large exhibition of this fashionable Paris-based Italian painter (checklist of 270 items). Texts by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer and others. Dashing society portraits, landscapes in the Macchiaioli tradition, Venice..... More
1956. Le Courrier Graphique. Conception et Graphisme du Livre 1945-1955. Paris, 1956. 108p, many ills. and ads (some in flat color). Good paperbound (covers stained). ** Issue 86 of this French trade journal devoted to book design and the printing and publishing industries. Surveys a decade of French typography, fine..... More
Librairie Joseph Vincent. Albums pour la Jeunesse (Collection Plon). Bordeaux, n.d. [ca. 1890-1900]. 16p (self wrs.), color ills. on covers and each page. Fair paperbound (heavily foxed, small chip out of front cover). ** Bookseller's catalogue of French children's picture books illustrated by Mars, Boutet de Monvel, Crafty, and Caran..... More
Paris: Promodis, 1985. First edition. Original cloth. 539p, many ills. + many color ills. on 38 plates. Masterful history of the 19th-century French book, with chapters by various experts. Covers book production, publishing and bookselling, the illustrated press, genres and reading audiences, etc. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra..... More
1864. Ruprich-Robert [Victor Marie Charles]. Le Chateau de Falaise (Calvados). Paris: J. Claye, printer, 1864. 30p, 12 line ills. Good paperbound (light chipping to covers; shelf soiled; lightly foxed). ** Official report to the government minister Vaillant on the condition of this Normandy chateau, and recommendations for repairs and restoration..... More
