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156 - GACHONS (André and Jacques des). L'Album des Légendes & Le l…
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GACHONS (André and Jacques des). L'Album des Légendes & Le livre des Légendes. The two years of this remarkable Art Nouveau literary and artistic review. Paris, Edmond Girard, 1894. Nos I-XII. 12 issues and Paris S.n. [chez l'auteur] 40, rue de Buci, 1895. No. 1, January 1895-No. 12, December 1895. Two volumes in-8 (205 x 155; 195 x 155 mm), half plum morocco, spine ribbed with cold filets, title in gilt lettering, gilt head, untrimmed, delivery covers and spine preserved (Modern binding). 279 ; 324 pp. First edition of the only two years of this rare review. One of 50 numbered copies on japon français blanc of the deluxe edition for L'Album des Légendes. The book of Legends is printed on the same paper, but not justified. Both volumes are in perfect condition, complete with issue covers and coloured paper summaries of the twelve issues. Enclosed is a voucher for two tickets to the Théâtre minuscules des frères des Gachons. Created and directed by the brothers André and Jacques des Gachons, it includes texts by Henry Bordeaux, René Boylesve, Jacques des Gachons, Tristan Klingsor, Gabriel de Lautrec, Marc Legrand, Jean Lorrain, Maurice Magre, Stuart Merrill, Edmond Pilon, Henri de Régnier, Georges Rodenbach, Francis Vielé-Griffin and others. Numerous superb black and colour illustrations by Paul Bocquet, André des Gachons, Henri Gentil, Léonce de Joncières, Paul Berthon, Eugène Grasset etc. A choice copy, complete with issue covers and coloured paper summaries of the twelve issues, and with a voucher for two tickets to the Théâtre minuscules des frères des Gachons.
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