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159 - COCTEAU, Jean and MARTIN, Charles. Cherish the reputation of…
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COCTEAU, Jean and MARTIN, Charles. Cherish the reputation of your firm and the excellence of your goods, for if you consider them to be of high quality, your interests become the public interest. First edition and first printing of Charles Martin’s Art Deco designs for this tribute to the graphic arts conceived by Jean Cocteau. One of the most prestigious promotional catalogues from Draeger. No place, no publisher, no date. [Paris, Draeger frères, c. 1924]. Folio, loose-leaf, hardback cover illustrated with a typographic design. 4 unpaginated printed folios and 11 colour plates with captions. Tears at the top and bottom of the cover. First edition of this superb catalogue celebrating the publishing trade, printed on pure-fibre vellum. The preface, signed by Cocteau, is structured around the letters of the famous D-R-A-E-G-E-R firm, which initiated this luxurious promotional publication. These are followed by 11 original plates by Charles Martin, in the Art Deco style, each depicting one of the 11 trades or stages in the publishing process: the publicist, the writer, the illustrator, the lithographer, the photograver, the engraver, the proofreader, the type founder, the printer, the printing press, and the client. A fine copy.
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Auction time 07/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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