BRUNELLESCHI. - — CONTES du Temps jadis.

1912 With 20 tipped-in color plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. 122, (1) pp., 2 leaves. Large 4to. Half calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, orig. wrappers printed in blue and gold bound in (by Sim. Kra. rel.). Paris, Piazza, 1912. Collection of five fairy tales: La Belle aux cheveux d'or; L'Oiseau bleu; Gracieuse et Percinet; L'adroite Princesse; Le Prince chéri. With striking color illustrations by Umberto Brunelleschi from Pistoia (1879-1949), active as fashion, costume and stage designer in Paris. He contributed to French de luxe magazines like "Journal des Dames et des Modes", "Gazette du Bon Ton", and "Les Feuillets d'Art". In the 1920s he made stage and costume designs for the Folies Bergères and other theatres; among his outstanding works are costumes created for Josephine Baker. Simon Kra (1853-1940), was a French bookbinder and publisher. Among his publiations is the first printing of André Bretons's first Surrealist Manifesto. - Slight even browning, plates clean, nice copy. - Monod 3120-21; Bénézit II, 180. MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1900-1999) ;