Les artistes du livre: Sylvain Sauvage. — Paris: H. Babou, 1929.
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Front wrapper (black and crimson): LES ARTISTES | DU LIVRE | SYLVAIN | SAUVAGE | {device} | HENRY BABOU | ÉDITEUR A PARIS ||
Title-page: LES ARTISTES DU LIVRE | SYLVAIN | SAUVAGE | ÉTUDE PAR | MARCEL VALOTAIRE | LETTRE-PRÉFACE PAR | ÉMILE HENRIOT | PORTRAIT PAR | E. DUFOUR | {fleuron} | HENRY BABOU, ÉDITEUR | 1, RUE VERNIQUET, PARIS | 1929 ||
Description: 26.5 x 21 cm, French flapped tan wrappers with black and crimson lettering, lettering to spine, unbound; [2] 1st blank, [2] h.t./limit., [4] fac-simile a.l.s. by Émile Henriot, [2] t.p./blank, 7-43 [4], total 27 leaves of text with in-text illustrations b/w and colour, plus 10 plates: 9 plates by Sauvage and 1 collotype reproduction portrait of Sauvage by Émilien Dufour, incl. Bibliographie des ouvrages, Table des hors-texte, and Colophon.
Printing: November 1929 by Durcos & Colas in Paris.
Edition: the 8th edition in the series “Les artistes du livre’, published under the direction of Marcel Valotaire; print run limited to 700 copies of which 50 on Japon enriched with one original etching, 650 copies on Vélin Blanc from Johannot, and 50 “non-commercial” copies (I-L). This copy is № 167.
Contributors:
Sylvain Sauvage [Félix Roy] (French, 1888 – 1948) – artist.
Émile Henriot (French, 1889 – 1961) – author.
Émilien Dufour (French, 1894 – 1975) – artist.
Maitres-imprimeurs Ducros et Colas (Paris) – printer.
Henry Babou (Paris) – publisher.
Marcel Valotaire (French, 1889 – 1979) – author.
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| Author/Editor | Henriot, Émile (French, 1889 – 1961), Valotaire, Marcel (French, 1889 – 1979) |
| Artist | Dufour, Émilien (French, 1894 – 1975), Sauvage, Sylvain [Roy, Félix] (French, 1888 – 1948 |
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