[BINDING, ART DECO].
Divoire, Fernand. Pour La Danse. Paris: Editions de la Dansem Saxe,
Editeur, (1935). Octavo, full contemporary vellum, each board with
hand-painted dancer within onlaid stiff vellum decorative frames. $600.
Limited edition, number 442 of only
1350 copies, of this history of modern dance, profusely illustrated with
numerous photographic reproductions. Bound in extraordinary custom
French Art Deco binding with hand-painted dancers, the painting on the
front cover signed by the artist "G. Bruneau". With original wrappers
laid in. A little wear to corners, split at top of spine; painted boards
clean and in fine condition. |