L'Ame Et La Danse
by Valery, Paul
- Used
- Condition
- Full decorated black morocco. Fine in matching fine slipcase
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Le Livre Contemporain, 1925. leather_bound. Full decorated black morocco. Fine in matching fine slipcase. 80 pages. 34 x 26 cm. 22 lithographic illustrations by Raphael Drouart. Limited edition, copy 56 of 120, signed by Paul Valery and Raphael Drouart. This copy dedicated to M.R. Delaine. Rouart was proficient in all the printmaking techniques; etching, engraving, mezzotint, relief and lithography. He worked as a collaborating illustrator for many authors throughout the 1920s -- in 1925 he did aquatints for a livre d' artiste Le Cantique Des Cantiques and 20 wood engravings for Rene Boyleve's Le Meillieur Ami. Art Deco binding by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain, stepson and assistant to Pierre Legrain. The text develops a dialogue and philosophical interpretations of Socrate, Phedre, and Eryximaque as they view a dance performance at a banquet. Covers decorated in ruled gilt and blind, and in pointelles, inner gilt dentelles with gray silk moire endpapers plus original wrappers are bound-in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22019
- Title
- L'Ame Et La Danse
- Author
- Valery, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full decorated black morocco. Fine in matching fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Le Livre Contemporain
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1925
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Binding; Classics; Art Deco;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...