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Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding – The French Masterpieces 1880-1940
£55.00
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Author: DUNCAN, Alastair, & De BARTHA, Georges.
Published by: Thames & Hudson (london, 1989)
4to, half-title, double page dec. title. 200p. Illust. very largely in col. with many full page plates. Pink end-leaves. Publisher’s red cloth, gitl dec. and lettered. Col. printed d/w, not clipped.
A major study of French art as applied to bookbinding in the period. A work chiefly devoted to conveying image, although with assisting text. Very near fine.
Cat. ref. 133
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