Le Christ glorifié par les poètes et les peintres de LEJARD A - 1942

Paul Elek, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. on half bound cream and maroon boards

Paul Elek, London, first edition, 1947. Cloth-backed boards, 4to, 32 cm,. 166 pp, 182 ills (some colour). From the blurb: : "The making of fine books has always been one of the hallmarks of a great civilisation, and the exquisite lettering and illustration of the early illuminated manuscripts are known by reputation to everyone. The craftsmanship which goes to the making of a beautiful book has been brought to a high pitch of excellence in France. "The Art of the French Book" traces the history of French book production from 9th century manuscripts to books illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque. Brief chapters on the significance and artistic achievement of each period are followed by numerous illustrations in black-and-white and full colour of the most famous examples of written and printed books throughout the centuries. Books, like other works of art, are naturally products of their age, and the manuscripts of Carolingian or Merovingian times express essential visual elements… Leer más

Paul Elek, London, first edition, 1947. Cloth-backed boards, 4to, 32 cm,. 166 pp, 182 ills (some colour). From the blurb: : "The making of fine books has always been one of the hallmarks of a great civilisation, and the exquisite lettering and illustration of the early illuminated manuscripts are known by reputation to everyone. The craftsmanship which goes to the making of a beautiful book has been brought to a high pitch of excellence in France. "The Art of the French Book" traces the history of French book production from 9th century manuscripts to books illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque. Brief chapters on the significance and artistic achievement of each period are followed by numerous illustrations in black-and-white and full colour of the most famous examples of written and printed books throughout the centuries. Books, like other works of art, are naturally products of their age, and the manuscripts of Carolingian or Merovingian times express essential visual elements… Leer más

Paris, France: Les Editions du Chene, 1949. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ivory paper covered boards, lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear, slightly rubbed extremities. Dust jacket somewhat toned by age, with slight loss at head of spine and corners, minor loss along front flap fold and lower spine panel, now in archival mylar. [vi],166 pp., illus. w/ 181 color, b&w plates. Two pages (162-63) show an area of paper adhesion along lower fore-edge, slightly affecting the illustrations, interior otherwise fully intact. No. 817 of an edition limited to 2,000 copies. New Edition; originally issued in 1942. Text in French. Rather scarce in jacket..

Les éditions du Chêne, Paris, first edition, 1947. Cloth-backed boards, 4to, 32 cm,. 166 pp, 182 ills (some colour). From the blurb: : "The making of fine books has always been one of the hallmarks of a great civilisation, and the exquisite lettering and illustration of the early illuminated manuscripts are known by reputation to everyone. The craftsmanship which goes to the making of a beautiful book has been brought to a high pitch of excellence in France. "The Art of the French Book" traces the history of French book production from 9th century manuscripts to books illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque. Brief chapters on the significance and artistic achievement of each period are followed by numerous illustrations in black-and-white and full colour of the most famous examples of written and printed books throughout the centuries. Books, like other works of art, are naturally products of their age, and the manuscripts of Carolingian or Merovingian times express… Leer más

Arts et Métiers Graphiques, original journal, November 1937. Printed wrappers, 4to,. 82, [8] pp, colour ills. The contents include: Julien Cain : Les Manuscrits a Peintures dans L'art du Moyen Age Français; Philippe Lauer : Les Manuscrits Carolingiens; Émile-A. Van Moé :Les Manuscrits sous les Capetiens; Louis Gillet : Les Manuscrits aux XIVe et XVe Siecles; Maurice Raynal : L'enluminure Romane et L'imagination Plastique Française; Émile-A. Van Moé : Quatre Livres Royaux. Lower fore-edge corners a little curled, otherwise Good.

Paul Elek, London, first edition, 1947. Cloth-backed boards, 4to, 32 cm,. 166 pp, 182 ills (some colour). From the blurb: : "The making of fine books has always been one of the hallmarks of a great civilisation, and the exquisite lettering and illustration of the early illuminated manuscripts are known by reputation to everyone. The craftsmanship which goes to the making of a beautiful book has been brought to a high pitch of excellence in France. "The Art of the French Book" traces the history of French book production from 9th century manuscripts to books illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque. Brief chapters on the significance and artistic achievement of each period are followed by numerous illustrations in black-and-white and full colour of the most famous examples of written and printed books throughout the centuries. Books, like other works of art, are naturally products of their age, and the manuscripts of Carolingian or Merovingian times express essential visual elements… Leer más

Paul Elek, London, first edition, 1947. Cloth-backed boards, 4to, 32 cm,. 166 pp, 182 ills (some colour). From the blurb: : "The making of fine books has always been one of the hallmarks of a great civilisation, and the exquisite lettering and illustration of the early illuminated manuscripts are known by reputation to everyone. The craftsmanship which goes to the making of a beautiful book has been brought to a high pitch of excellence in France. "The Art of the French Book" traces the history of French book production from 9th century manuscripts to books illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque. Brief chapters on the significance and artistic achievement of each period are followed by numerous illustrations in black-and-white and full colour of the most famous examples of written and printed books throughout the centuries. Books, like other works of art, are naturally products of their age, and the manuscripts of Carolingian or Merovingian times express essential visual elements… Leer más

Paul Elek,, [1947]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions (many full-page) in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board lettered in white, ivory cloth back lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. With worn dustwrapper loosely inserted.

THE ART OF THE FRENCH BOOK - FROM EARLY MANUSCRIPTS TO THE PRESENT TIME, edited by Andre Lejard, Les Editions Du Chene, 1947, first edition, a vg+/near fine copy in flexible cloth with a nice dust-wrapper save a chip at the upper left corner of the front dust-wrapper panel. Virtually every page filled with either black and white or full color photos taken from the world famous collection in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. A volume of Royal 4to. exhibitng some of the finest and most important books ever produced.