first edition
2000 · Paris
by NOUVEL-KAMMERER, Odile
Paris: Flammarion / Musée des Arts décoratifs, 2000. First English Language Edition. Quarto (31cm x 28cm). Blue cloth boards (hardcover) with titling blind-stamped on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 336pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight wear to corners and soiling to bottom textblock, else fine. Very God dustwrapper; creasing to upper extremities. Authoritative work on the tradition, history, and technique of French scenic wallpaper with Catalogue Raisonné. The original French edition was published as the catalogue to the exhibition "Décors de l'imaginaire: Papiers peints panoramiques, 1790-1865" held at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris September 18, 1990-January 20, 1991. Hundreds of illustrations, many in color. (Inventory #: 42859)