La Vie Parisienne - Samedi 18 Aout 1917. Art Deco/Nouveau. Illustrations by Georges Leonnec, René Vincent, Vald'Es (Valvérane & D'Espagnat), Fabien Fabiano, Henri Guydo, others uncredited

Paris: La Vie Parisienne, 1917. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 13.75" x 10.5. Georges Leonnec, René Vincent, Vald'Es (Valvérane & D'Espagnat), Fabien Fabiano, Henri Guydo, others uncredited . Paris: La Vie Parisienne, 1917. The August 18, 1917 Issue (55e annee, No 33). Illustrations by Georges Leonnec, René Vincent, Vald'Es (Valvérane & D'Espagnat), Fabien Fabiano, Henri Guydo, others uncredited . Text in French. Illustrated wraps, folio (13.75" x 10.5"), 19 pp. Very Good to about Near Fine; modest amount of cover fade, some soil to covers (see scans); contents virtually immaculate, almost As New after all this time. Sharp. See scans. Exceptional condition for this thin-but-large, fragile weekly. Glossy covers; first and last few internal pages are on newsprint, else all glossy. Rather spectacular full-page color illustrations (in every issue, in fact) by the coterie of guys who knew how to do what you see here. In the case of this issue, Georges Leonnec, René Vincent, Vald'Es (Valvérane & D'Espagnat), Fabien Fabiano, and Henri Guydo are credited, with some other very credit-worthy art being uncredited. See scans. Cute humor, from the same mood as mutoscope cards, or perhaps a bit (only a bit) more refined. Gentle titillation. Even the occasional partial nudity is rather tasteful and soft, though humorously flirtatious. All of the full page efforts are eminently frame-able, and at this time of a sensibility midway-evolved between nouveau and deco, as is much of the uncredited b&w illustration. An original - and of course first and only edition - of the 8/18/1917 issue of this memorable and long-lived French weekly offering of very soft, very artful light erotica. The captioned illustrations by the eminent "dessins" luminaries named above, and others in their clan, are what really "make" this issue (as was generally the case through the era), but cartoons, serial fiction and around-town pieces nicely compliment those. Gorgeous, oversized large color illustrations are what you collect these for. l-LNG2