L'Art Dans La Decoration Exterieure Des Livres en France et a L'Etranger; Les Couvertures illustrees les Cartonnages d'Editeurs la Reliure d'Art

Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter navy morocco and patterned boards. Teg. Very good. 272 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Limited edition, copy 690 of 1000, original wrappers designed by Louis Rhead bound-in. Plethora of color tinted and black white text illustrations. French text treats book decoration and the book arts at the turn of the century at the zenith of Art Nouveau influence -- bindings, cover design, commercial printing. Raised bands, spine panels in floral art nouveau motifs, marbled endpapers, rubbing to lower extremities, interior very clean and fresh.