Paris 1937

Paris: J.-G. Daragnes Pour La Ville De Paris, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial white wrappers, contents laid-in unbound as issued. Very good in worn cloth chemise and slipcase.. 294 pages in text, plus Index of all contributors, literary and artistic. Limited edition, copy 485 of 500, prepared in tribute to the forthcoming Paris World's Fair of 1937. A compendium of literary commentary on the principal Paris sites with black and white engravings accompanying the latter -- ie. Andre Suares piece on "Paris Vu De La Cite," is illustrated by Henri Matisse. Other principal writers: Raymond Escholier, George Duhamel, Jean Giraudoux, Pierre Mac-Orlan, Colette, Paul Claudel et al. Artists include Raul Dufy, Pierre Bonnard, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Vlaminck, Andre Derain, Van Dongen, J. Laboureur and others. A total of 31 illustrations all with guard sheets. Some creasing, light dust smudging.