Binding: Pink French flapped wrappers 38.5 x 29 cm, in a frame: LES JEUX | DU DEMI-JOUR | PAR | PIERRE MAC ORLAN | {vignette} | AVEC | DOUZE LITHOGRAPHIES DE | VERTÈS | LES ARTS ET LE LIVRE ||
Title-page (turquoise and black): LES JEUX | DU DEMI-JOUR | PAR | PIERRE MAC ORLAN | {vignette} | AVEC | DOUZE LITHOGRAPHIES DE | VERTÈS | LES ARTS ET LE LIVRE | 47, RUE LAFFITTE, PARIS | — | 1926 ||
Pagination: [2] blank, [2] h.t. / limitation, [2] t.p. / blank, i-iii [iv] 1-45 [46 blank] [2] table / colophon, [2] blank; total 60 pages, plus 12 plates extraneous to collation, by Marcel Vertès.
Edition: text printed by Robert Coulouma in Argenteuil (director H. Barthélemy), lithographs printed by Edouard Duchâtel in Paris, print run of 600 copies, 500 on vélin pur fil Lafuma, this copy on that paper, though unnumbered (№ blank). For another copy in this collection, see LIB-3397.2024.
Catalogue raisonné: Vokaer № 9, p. 8.
Contributors:
Pierre Mac-Orlan (French, 1882 – 1970) – author.
Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist.
Other names: Marcel Vertès, Marcel Vertes, Marcell Vértes
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Pictorial album |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Erotic illustration , Erotica , French erotic fiction , French literature , Illustrated books , Lithography , Modern literature |
| Media/Technique | Lithography , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1926 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Limited |
| Binding | Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | Vokaer (Vertès) |
| Location | Tantsu 2.4. |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
