Title-page: CHANSONS | DE | SALLES DE GARDE | {vignette} ||
Description: 27.5 x 18.5 cm, in pictorial French flapped wrapper and in a green cloth folder, vertically lettered to spine “CHANSONS” in black letters, a flute benith.
Pagination: [1-3] 4-140 [4] plus 52 plates extraneous to collation (Dutel provides for 142 pp.)
Illustrations: plates, headbands, vignettes to front wrapper, title-page and limitation page, as well as the vignette at the end, reproduced after drawings by Morvan (according to J.-P. Dutel) and hand-coloured with crayons (the question remains, is it Hervé Morvan, French, 1917 – 1980?)
Limitation: 950 copies of which 25 marked A to Z; 25 copies consist of an additional suite and one original drawing (№ 1-25); 25 copies have an original drawing (№ 26-50), and 875 copies numbered 51 to 950. This copy is № 697.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970): № 1186.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Media/Technique | Hand-colouring , Photogravure |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Material | Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | Erotica , Folklore , France , French poetry , Illustrated books , Songs |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1938 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Limited |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
