The World of Jean de Bosschère
by Putnam, Samuel
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- Signed
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
(London): Fortune Press, 1922. Bosschère, Jean de. One of 100 deluxe copies with a limited, signed color etching. Warmly inscribed by Jean de Bosschère, "with greetings of spiritual brotherhood." With a color frontispiece, twenty-one full-page plates printed in black & white and sanguine, and numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The volume opens with a letter from Paul Valéry written in response to de Bosschère's first works, which gave the young Belgian illustrator and poet the affirmation and confidence needed to pursue his career. The entire range of Jean de Bosschère's oeuvre is presented in this biography, bibliography, and tribute to the artist. Bound in quarter vellum and white cloth, gilt-titled to spine. T.e.g.
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23790
- Title
- The World of Jean de Bosschère
- Author
- Putnam, Samuel
- Illustrator
- Bosschère, Jean de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fortune Press
- Place of Publication
- (London)
- Date Published
- 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts; Illustrated Books;
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Boston, Massachusetts
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....