VINGT-CINQ COSTUMES POUR LE THÉATRE

Paris: Camille Bloch & Jules Meynia, 1927. First Edition Limited. Soft cover. Near Fine. Limited edition, this #129 of 300 numbered copies, printed on blue laid paper. Printed covers with illustrated front cover, title in green, and tissue guards. Includes a mounted etched frontispiece portrait of Barbier by Charles Martin, and 25 mounted colored plates depicting theater costumes with gold and silver highlights. The text and illustrations were printed by Frazier-Soye. In original glassine wrapper, which is tanned and chipped but lacking slipcase. Internals near fine. George Barbier (1882-1932) was a French illustrator in the early 20th century. He designed theater and ballet costumes, illustrated books, and produced haute couture fashion illustrations. Barbier led a group from the Ecole des Beaux Arts who were known as "The Knights of the Bracelet.