[Rarebooks] Bon Genre

[Edward Ripley-Duggan]

Offered for sale. Ten percent discount to trade.

Le Bon Genre. Réimpression du recueil de 1827 
comprenant les "Observations" et les 115 
Gravures. Les Éditions Albert Levy, Paris, 1931. 
One of 760 sets issued. Original portfolio with 
printed boards, 40 x 30 cm. Contains the 16 pp. 
preliminary text with title and limitation and 
the essay by Leon Moussinac, the 24 pp. bound 
facsimile of the description of the plates, and 
the 113 plates themselves (print area c. 18 x 
25.5 cm within plate mark). These are superb 
re-engraved facsimiles of the famous edition of 
1827, printed on laid paper, colored by hand 
(through stencils) by Saudé, the pre-eminent 
pochoir colorist. The decorative quality is quite 
extraordinary. Very occasional and very slight 
foxing to the blank margins of the plates, some wear and fading to portfolio.

This is one of the highlights of French 19th 
century fashion illustration (and caricature). 
The plates are supremely decorative, and more 
than a touch ironic. The original edition is 
almost unattainable. This superb facsimile has 
become rare, largely because the plates are so eminently frameable.

$1200
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