Paul Baudier Illustrator (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Text in french and by Rene Boylesve; 22 original b&w woodcuts by Paul Baudier, some are full page; ; 109 pp; original paper covers; book is still attached; no foxing; about 1/8 of spine missing and has some tears; normal aging and browning to cvoer, otherwise plates in GOOD COND.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Limited Edition pf apparently 1750 copies in wraps of which this is numbered #457. Some paper loss at spine ends and a few spots and short tears to edges. Jacket is attached at spine as issued and covered in glassine. Tanning to covers and page ends. 1st Printing.

Number 2 of 15 copies with the additional suite on chine. 4to (230 × 175 mm), pp. 123, [3]. 25 illustrations, plus a suite of the 25 original numbered wood engravings on chine, all signed by the artist. Some foxing to extreme margins in text. Original yellow decorative wrappers and wrappers to the suite preserved, in contemporary marbled boards with orange morocco geometric onlays (minor wear).

First edition with the Baudier wood engravings, number 2 of 15 special copies with the suite of original woodcuts on chine. Fayard's Livres de demain brought examples of the current revival in woodcut and wood engraving to a wide audience at a reasonable price. Accordingly, the illustrations of the regular volumes were printed in large numbers from phototype metal blocks made from the prints, with just 15 copies of each (as here) presented with an additional suite of the original woodcuts specially printed on fine paper. 4to (230 × 175 mm), pp. 126, [2]. 32 illustrations after wood engravings by Baudier, plus additional suite of the 32 original wood engravings, numbered and initialled in pencil by the artist. Some foxing to extreme margins in text. Original yellow decorative wrappers and wrappers to the suite preserved, in contemporary marbled boards with orange morocco geometric onlays.

Paul Baudier (illustrator). A livre d'artiste beautifully illustrated by Paul Baudier, one of the great book artists of the 20th century, with 20 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS (with aquatint) AND NUMEROUS WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. Edition limited to 580 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES (tête) PRINTED ON FINE ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER, WITH THE ETCHINGS IN THREE STATES. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. sxxi.

Paul Baudier (illustrator). ONE OF ONLY TEN EXEMPLAIRES DE TÊTE OF THIS WONDERFUL LIVRE D'ARTISTE ILLUSTRATED WITH 45 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY PAUL BAUDIER, ONE OF THE GREAT BOOK ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION. From a total edition of 150 numbered copies, this is ONE OF THE FIRST TEN COPIES (number 9), PRINTED ON ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER, WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS IN FIRST STATE ON ANNAM LAID PAPER, AND A THIRD SUITE ON ANTIQUE BLUISH LAID PAPER (so 135 original etchings in all), PLUS AN ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED BY BAUDIER. Large 8vo. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, in the original parchment-backed chemise and (lightly worn) board slipcase.