first edition Original Wraps
1925 · Paris
by Bitterlin, A.
Paris: Editions Ulusse Boucoiran, 1925. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. striated buff wrappers. Very good in worn original glassine overwrapper. 123 pages. 25.5 x 16 cm. 16 hand-colored mounted lithograph plates with 80 text figures. The art of make-up with numerous examples, an historic overview of techniques and uses -- last chapter on cinema cosmetics. 10 pages of adverts at rear unopened -- purveyors of beauty products. Text in French. Nicks to backstrip extremities. (Inventory #: 21052)