Jean Dulac — Pierre Brissaud

Paris, Henry Babou, 1929. First edition. Paperback. A deluxe limited edition of this richly illustrated monograph on Art Deco artist Pierre Brissaud, one of just fifty copies on Japan paper. Loose as issued in the publisher"s original paper wraps, retaining the original glassine wrapper. A deluxe limited edition, being number forty-three of fifty copies printed on Japan paper, with an original etching by Pierre Brissaud, from a total edition of 750 numbered copies. A further 650 copies were printed on Johannot white wove paper, with fifty additional copies hors commerce numbered. Illustrated with a portrait, a facsimile letter, and twelve further full-page plates, eight of which are in colour, reproducing Brissaud"s work for Eugenie Grandet, Madame Bovary, L"Enfant a la balustrade, and Le Petit Pierre, among other works. Collated, complete.  The sixth volume in Les Artistes du Livre, Henry Babou"s series of monographs devoted to leading contemporary book illustrators. The series ultimately comprised twenty-four volumes published between 1928 and 1933.  With a critical study by Jean Dulac, a letter-preface by Robert Burnand, and a portrait of Pierre Brissaud by Jacques Brissaud. Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator. During his career, he contributed extensively to fashionable periodicals, including Gazette du Bon Ton and, later, Vogue.   A particularly desirable deluxe issue of this attractive monograph on one of the leading French fashion and book illustrators of the Art Deco period.  Loose as issued in the publisher"s original paper wraps, retaining the original glassine wrapper. Externally, very smart. Slight edge wear to extremities. Glassine, vert smart. Slight edge wear resulting in the odd small chip, closed tear, and crease, more so to spine ends. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned, more so to margins. One or two very minor handling marks with very light soiling and edge wear to first and final leaves. Near Fine . Ill.: Pierre Brissaud. Near Fine .