CARACTÈRE NOËL 55: Le dessin dans l'imprimé Français

Paris: Compagnie Française d'Éditions, 1955. First edition. Very good plus in near fine jacket.. Spectacular fifth annual Christmas issue of Vox's graphic arts magazine Caractère, devoted to French drawing and design. A dazzling midcentury showcase of French typography, printing, and printmaking, heavily and luxuriously illustrated in a wide variety of formats, including an embossed frontispiece, several fold-out plates, and a notable chapter on the artist's book in France. Artists represented include Degas, Seurat, Rodin, Maillol, Roualt, Braque, Picasso, Chagall, Derain, and Dufy, among numerous others. 12'' x 9.5''. In French. Original quarter white cloth with white boards. In original dust jacket with cover painting by Lucien Fontanarosa. Pictorial endpapers by Jean Gourmelin. Color and black-and-white plates throughout. Soil to cloth of lower spine, not affecting interior. Minor edgewear to jacket.