first edition Hardcover
1921 · Paris
by Gasquet, Joachim
Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Fine. Cezanne, Paul. 125 pages. Folio, 39 x 29.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 214 of 250 on papier d'Arches. Black and white and tipped-in color plates, Original brown stiff wrappers laid-in. French text very bright and fresh as is the entire production. The author, also a poet and art critic is? best known for his writing about the artists of his era, particularly Cezanne whom he befriended during an 1895 exhibition at Aix-en-Provence. Bookplate from the Library of Mari Lyons. FREITAG 1525. (Inventory #: 21699)