Paris, L'Imprimerie Champenois, May 1897-April 1899.
A complete set. A beautiful set of 100 Art Nouveau prints from the most popular artists of the period. Complete with each issue in the in the original wrappers.
L'Estampe Moderne was published in 24 monthly instalments of four lithographs at a time, each costing 3.5 francs in Paris and 4 francs everywhere else. Subscribers also received 2 additional prints each year as an added bonus, hence the 100 that appear in these two volumes. Most of the prints depict women with the flowing hair and floral decoration characteristic of Art Nouveau. Each also comes with a tissue guard printed with its title, artist, and an accompanying extract from contemporary literature relevant to the image. The plates can also be identified by the distinctive blind stamp of a woman's head in a circle, which appears in the bottom right hand corner of each plate.
First editions, folio (40.5 x 30.5 cm); 24 issues, 100 lithograph and collotype plates with captioned tissue guards, most in colour, publisher's embossed stamp in margins; each issue in the original grey printed wrapper designed by Mucha, first issue slightly browned, housed in a custom green quarter leather back cloth box, a fine set.
L'Estampe Moderne was published in 24 monthly instalments of four lithographs at a time, each costing 3.5 francs in Paris and 4 francs everywhere else. Subscribers also received 2 additional prints each year as an added bonus, hence the 100 that appear in these two volumes. Most of the prints depict women with the flowing hair and floral decoration characteristic of Art Nouveau. Each also comes with a tissue guard printed with its title, artist, and an accompanying extract from contemporary literature relevant to the image. The plates can also be identified by the distinctive blind stamp of a woman's head in a circle, which appears in the bottom right hand corner of each plate.
First editions, folio (40.5 x 30.5 cm); 24 issues, 100 lithograph and collotype plates with captioned tissue guards, most in colour, publisher's embossed stamp in margins; each issue in the original grey printed wrapper designed by Mucha, first issue slightly browned, housed in a custom green quarter leather back cloth box, a fine set.
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