Buy this book on-line Bauwens, Maurice, et al : Les Affiches Etrangeres IllustreesG. Boudet Editeur, Paris, 1897
Near fine 4to. (12 ˝ x 9 inches); three quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with gilt rules separating leather from paper; 5 raised bands with elaborate gilt tooling except for second compartment containing gilt title only. Modest wear to binding with bumped corners. Marbled endpapers. Original wraps bound in. Number 533 of 1,000 copies printed on “papier velin.” First edition complete with 67 (2 double-page) mostly tissue guarded colored lithographs and 150 illustrations. Bookplate of Robert and Gladys Koch on free front endpaper. “Property of Robert Koch” in his hand on a preliminary page. Dr. Robert Koch was an art historian whose first book on Louis C. Tiffany in 1962 helped repopularize this towering figure of American decorative arts and led to a collecting craze. Dr. Koch also authored the definitive bibliography of the great American graphic artist, Will Bradley, whose posters are well represented in this work.
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