Du Ier au XXe. Les Arrondissements de Paris. Vingt Eaux-Fortes Originales de Eugène Béjot.

BEJOT, Eugène. Claretie, Jules (Preface).

Published by Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art., Paris., 1903

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Small folio. (340 x 265 mm). [4 bifolia (text) + 20 leaves (plates); pp. (iii), (iv), 4]. Half-title with justification verso, printed title with publisher's vignette, two leaves with list of the 'Membres du Société' recto and verso, three leaves with 'Préface', list of the etchings with printers' credits verso and 20 original etchings by Béjot, each tipped onto grey card. Loose as issued in original publisher's grey paper board portfolio , with etched title label pasted to front cover; cover etching browned and with some damp-staining, internal contents fine. Eugène Béjot's homage to contemporary Paris and its different arrondissements. From the edition limited to 200 numbered copies, with this one of 175 on 'Hollande'. Produced in an attempt to record a fast vanishing Paris, Béjot's etchings depict an idyllic city before the rise of the motorcar. Claretie's 'Préface' is also a testament to a city amidst profound change unrecognisable to a modern eye. 'L'Eau-forte et le Livre - quels victorieux ennemis des barbouilleurs et des démolisseurs!' (From Claretie's 'Préface'). Seller Inventory # 30169

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Title: Du Ier au XXe. Les Arrondissements de Paris....

Publisher: Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art., Paris.

Publication Date: 1903