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69 - CLÉMENT-JANIN (Noël). Essay on Contemporary Bibliophilia. A …
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CLÉMENT-JANIN (Noël). Essay on Contemporary Bibliophilia. A luxurious publication devoted to bibliophilia from 1900 to 1928, in two beautiful bindings by René Kieffer. Paris, René Kieffer, 1931–32. Two small folio volumes (23 x 32 cm). Full leather bindings in an ochre-brown moulded wood style, with a beautiful geometric cold-stamped plate, ribbed spine, title in gilt letters, and gilt head. Covers intact, margins untrimmed. Binding by René Kieffer. 254–218 pages. Leather with minor signs of wear. First edition. Print run of 500 copies on laid paper, numbered from 1 to 500. This copy bears No. 23. The remarkable illustrations include high-quality black-and-white and colour reproductions based on stencils, lithographs, etchings, drypoints and woodcuts by the greatest illustrators of the time: Jouve, Laboureur, Lobel-Riche, André Lambert, Alexeïeff, Masereel, Chimot, Schmied, Brissaud, Bonfils and Cornelius. Contents: I. Foreword. The eras of bibliophilia. Illustration and the major art movements. Distorting illustration. Traditional illustration and parallel illustration. Women and illustration. Illustration techniques. Woodcut. Engraving, etching, drypoint. Lithography. The process. Colour. II. Cartoonists. Typography. New typefaces. Texts. First editions. Paper. Collectors, bibliophile societies, collections, artists who create books. A very fine copy.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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