Le Printemps. Une Frise á Colorier
by Belvès, Pierre
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Flammarion, Albums du Père Castor, 1946. First edition of this illustrated panorama of springtime, designed to be colored in watercolor or gouache. Featured images include a gardener pruning a tree, statues surrounded by spring blossoms, a farmer shearing a lamb, and laborers planting gardens and fields. Belvès was a career illustrator with Père Castor, the author of multiple books on art education, and a founder of Ateliers du Carrousel at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, which runs public arts workshops for students of all ages to this day. Text in French. A near-fine copy, never colored. Single sheet, measuring 9.5 x 8.25 inches folded, unfolding to 9.5 x 33 inches. Pictorial panels printed in black on recto and in midnight blue on verso. Occasional stray smudge, light rubbing to folds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Honey & Wax Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1003758
- Title
- Le Printemps. Une Frise á Colorier
- Author
- Belvès, Pierre
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Flammarion, Albums du Père Castor
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- ephemera, illustrated, children
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About the Seller
Honey & Wax Booksellers
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Brooklyn, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.