paperback
1914 · Paris
by SEM (Georges GOURSAT)
Paris: Succes, 1914. paperback. very good. Illustrations in color & in black & white including mounted photos, pictures of cars, interior design & fashion along with several advertising pages of french luxury, restaurants, champagne, perfume etc. 28 leaves are unpaginated + 2 additional loose pages. Slim folio, 46cm x 33cm, front wrapper with a large embossed illustration of a golden pair of scissors and the title in black and the rear cover, an illustration of a woman sitting side saddle on a horse has been pasted on the covers of a beige portfolio with the corners cut in a diagonal to fit the binding. Covers are rubbed. The interior is very good. (Paris: Succes, 1914). Very good. Sem illustrates fashion before the war which he denounced the "ridiculousness" of fake chic. Benezit 518.
(Inventory #: 256071)