[Rarebooks] fs: An Explosive, Sexy Book about... Fans

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Uzanne's books do not so much explore history as
sinuously curve their way around and through it...

                       L'EVENTAIL.

                  by Octave Uzanne.
               Paris; A. Quantin: 1882.

Don't let anything else I write persuade you that this is
anything but a serious scholarly study of ladies' fans
from ancient times into the 19th century....

But you know that Octave Uzanne's books, illustrated by
Paul Avril, are much more than mere texts.

They are astounding, explosive explorations of the techniques
of book decoration and the use of decorative elements, from
the restrained yet exuberant rococo decorative page-borders
to the fascinating vignettes and scenes that perch and strut,
like plumed peacocks, on many of the pages.

They are perfect examples of Victorian, fin-de-siecle Paris,
the Paris of writers and artists and cafes and Pernod and
Absinthe and the Moulin Rouge and glorious debauchery
by moonlight.

Uzanne's books do not so much explore history as
sinuously curve their way around and through it.

7"x11", 143 pages, illustrated throughout by Paul Avril.
Bound in the original printed-silk-over-card covers,
with the brilliantly-decorated paper covers bound-in.
The silk covers have been expertly rebacked; there is
some wear and a little soil; the cloth ties are
partially broken; internally there is a minor amount
of soil. [29696] $300.00

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