Louis Bourgeois Borgex (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Books, French Language and Literature, Most Recent Listing; 8vo; 208 pages; Chateau de Courtenay, Loiret: chez l'auteur. Very Good. (1897) . 208 pages; 3-eme mille. Contents clean and complete in original pictorial wrappers; wrappers foxed and creased along spine; pages uncut and unopened. Charming illustrations throughout by Borgex. Picaresque travels and adventures with witty songs. Aristide Bruant (1851-1925) was a French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner. He is best known as the man in the red scarf and black cape featured on certain famous posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. He has also been credited as the creator of the chanson ràaliste musical genre for their depiction of the harshness and inequality of life on the margins of French society. In the early 1890s, the illustrator Louis Bourgeois-Borgex (1873-1959) was close to Aristide Bruant , cabaret singer and songwriter within the Bohemian community of Montmartre and especially chez Le Chat Noir cabaret, Le Mirliton, and Les Ambassadeurs. This collection of songs and stories was the third published by Bruant; their popularity and the success of his cabaret Le Mirliton enabled Bruant to leave his garret in Montmartre for a lovely little chateau in the Gâtinais. . (1897).…

Condition: Bueno. 7 dibujos a tinta y gouache sobre papel de 16x12 cm. aprox, con passe-par-tout.Firmados L. Borgex en ángulo inferior izquierdo.Louis Bourgeois o Borgex (Francia, 1873-1959) fue un pintor, caricaturista y litógrafo. Cercano al ambiente de Montmartre y a personajes como Aristide Bruant, cultivó también el dibujo publicitario.…

Condition: Good. Folio. 407 x 307. A rare presentation with the original pictorial portfolio with cloth ties and the title page with a portion of the William Nicholson image which is also present in its full size. An additional 35 color lithographs are included, each with the dry stamp of the publisher.References: The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700-1914. by Gordon, N. Ray, no. 362; OCLC Number50072763. A few plates with marginAL tears. L'Estampe Moderne was originally published in a series of 24 monthly parts, each with four lithographs. Four extra lithographs ("planches de prime") were offered by the publisher as an incentive to prospective subscribers. Rarely found as a complete work.L'Estampe Moderne. Portfolio cartonné à trois liens de tissu noir comprenant 36 planches coloriées dont Fernand Piet, Louise Breslau, Jeanne Jacquemin, A. Jank, Fernand Gottlob, Robert Engels, Hans Christiansen, Lucien Simon, Lovis Welden Hawkins, Charles Huard, Fantin-Latour, Firmin Bouisset, Eugène Trigoulet, Maximilien Guyon, Albert Laurens, J. Barcilhac, H-P Dillon, Manuel Robbe, Louis Bourgeois-Borgex, Henri Bellery-Desfontaines, Eugène Delatre, Roedel, Louis Rhead et William Nicholson. Toutes contrecollées sur papier, signées dans la planche et datées 1896, 1897, 1898, etc. Quelques déchirures. Timbre à sec en bas à droite. 40,5 x 30,5 cm.…

En feuille. Belle épreuve. Marque de l'éditeur au bas à droite. Rousseurs dans les grandes marges. Au dos cacher de L'Estampe Moderne - Tirage de luxe. (Publication mensuelle de mai 1897 à avril 1899) 32 X 24,5 (54 x 40).