Corrard, Paris, 1914
Mint copy, with unusual provenance, of "Barbier's early masterpiece. Its cover design pays homage to Beardsley ... and its 12 pochoir plates depict Karsavina in her principal parts. That their purpose is again to stir the emotion and delight the eye of the viewer, not to document the performance, is demonstrated by "Le spectre de la rose," glimpsed at the moment when the phantom lover, of whom the young girl has dreamed after the ball, is about to disappear as the rose drops from her hand." (Ray).
First edition. Quarto (33.7 x 28 cm), this copy No 373 out of 500 (total edition 512) copies printed on papier vélin d'arches, initialed by the publisher, title page with pictorial vignette to head and verso, 18pp., 12 full-page coloured illustrations by Barbier printed on rectos only, printer's leaf at end. Original pictorial wrappers, complete with glassine protective wrapppers.
First edition. Quarto (33.7 x 28 cm), this copy No 373 out of 500 (total edition 512) copies printed on papier vélin d'arches, initialed by the publisher, title page with pictorial vignette to head and verso, 18pp., 12 full-page coloured illustrations by Barbier printed on rectos only, printer's leaf at end. Original pictorial wrappers, complete with glassine protective wrapppers.
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