[1st ed] La Plume, Special Issue(s) Devoted to Alphonse Mucha
Re-bound set of six consecutive issues of the renowned French magazine La Plume devoted to the work of Art Nouveau artist and graphic designer Alphonse Mucha. Founded in 1889 by Leon Deschamps, La Plume was a bi-monthly publication featuring poems, short stories, exhibition reviews and illustrations by avant-garde artists including Mucha, Grasset, Toulouse Lautrec, Ensor, Gauguin, Pissarro, Rops, Signac, Seurat, and Rendon. The present volume features a color cover design plus 126 wood-engraved and other monochrome reproductions of illustrations, posters, and paintings by Mucha, including a number of his best-known works such as the poster of Sarah Bernhart. 8vo (7.5” x 10”), pictorial wrappers, 96 pages, hand-sewn binding, lavishly illustrated. Text in French on consecutive pages numbered 394-487. The original Mucha cover to issue No. 197, 1 Juillet 1897, is pasted down on the front wrapper. The other five covers (Nos. 198-202) were not included inside. Essentially, the present issue functions as the single volume Alphonse Mucha et son Oeuvre, published by Society Anonyme La Plume, also in 1897. Slight bowing and light chipping to leaves, especially front wrapper. Moderate soiling to extremities. Small closed tear at spine end. Leaves with pages 396-406 and 475-486 loose from the text block.
Re-bound set of six consecutive issues of the renowned French magazine La Plume devoted to the work of Art Nouveau artist and graphic designer Alphonse Mucha. Founded in 1889 by Leon Deschamps, La Plume was a bi-monthly publication featuring poems, short stories, exhibition reviews and illustrations by avant-garde artists including Mucha, Grasset, Toulouse Lautrec, Ensor, Gauguin, Pissarro, Rops, Signac, Seurat, and Rendon. The present volume features a color cover design plus 126 wood-engraved and other monochrome reproductions of illustrations, posters, and paintings by Mucha, including a number of his best-known works such as the poster of Sarah Bernhart. 8vo (7.5” x 10”), pictorial wrappers, 96 pages, hand-sewn binding, lavishly illustrated. Text in French on consecutive pages numbered 394-487. The original Mucha cover to issue No. 197, 1 Juillet 1897, is pasted down on the front wrapper. The other five covers (Nos. 198-202) were not included inside. Essentially, the present issue functions as the single volume Alphonse Mucha et son Oeuvre, published by Society Anonyme La Plume, also in 1897. Slight bowing and light chipping to leaves, especially front wrapper. Moderate soiling to extremities. Small closed tear at spine end. Leaves with pages 396-406 and 475-486 loose from the text block.
Re-bound set of six consecutive issues of the renowned French magazine La Plume devoted to the work of Art Nouveau artist and graphic designer Alphonse Mucha. Founded in 1889 by Leon Deschamps, La Plume was a bi-monthly publication featuring poems, short stories, exhibition reviews and illustrations by avant-garde artists including Mucha, Grasset, Toulouse Lautrec, Ensor, Gauguin, Pissarro, Rops, Signac, Seurat, and Rendon. The present volume features a color cover design plus 126 wood-engraved and other monochrome reproductions of illustrations, posters, and paintings by Mucha, including a number of his best-known works such as the poster of Sarah Bernhart. 8vo (7.5” x 10”), pictorial wrappers, 96 pages, hand-sewn binding, lavishly illustrated. Text in French on consecutive pages numbered 394-487. The original Mucha cover to issue No. 197, 1 Juillet 1897, is pasted down on the front wrapper. The other five covers (Nos. 198-202) were not included inside. Essentially, the present issue functions as the single volume Alphonse Mucha et son Oeuvre, published by Society Anonyme La Plume, also in 1897. Slight bowing and light chipping to leaves, especially front wrapper. Moderate soiling to extremities. Small closed tear at spine end. Leaves with pages 396-406 and 475-486 loose from the text block.
