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Order Nr. 89578 THE ART DECO BOOK IN FRANCE. Gordon N. Ray

THE ART DECO BOOK IN FRANCE.

Edited by Tanselle, G. Thomas. Printed by Heritage Letterpress of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2005. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 159 pages. Edited by Tanselle, G. Thomas. Printed by Heritage Letterpress of Charlotte, North Carolina. When Gordon Ray delivered the Lyell Lectures at Oxford in 1985, he chose as his subject the Art Deco book illustrations and bindings produced in France in the 1920s. This topic was not a surprising choice, for he had previously written magisterial annotated catalogues, largely..... READ MORE

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Editor's Introduction.....................................1


THE ART DECO BOOK IN FRANCE
 The Livre d'Art of the 1920S............................19
 George Barbier..........................................35
 François-Louis Schmied..................................51
 Jean-Émile Laboureur....................................67
 Pierre Legrain and Art Deco Bookbinding.................85
 

Secondary Works Cited...................................107
List of Illustrations...................................111
Index to List of Illustrations..........................129
Chronological Index to Illustrated Books Cited..........135
Chronological Index to Bookbindings Cited...............141
General Index...........................................145