WITH 20 FULL-PAGE POCHOIRS BY
GEORGE BARBIER
[BARBIER,
GEORGE]. LACLOS, CHODERLOS DE.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
ONE OF 650 COPIES ON RIVES (out
of a total edition of 720), with 20 FULL-PAGE POCHOIR PLATES by BARBIER.
With additional illustrated titles and head-pieces. Barbier’s Art-Deco
representation of Laclos’s classic tale of sexual politics is one of the
masterpieces of 20th-century book illustration.
Paris: Le Vasseur et Cie, 1934. Two volumes. Quarto, original color
pictorial wrappers, uncut, custom slip-case. An exceptionally fine set
in original wrappers. Most rare in this condition. $7500.
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