Vertès & Gérard Bauer - Instants et Visages de Paris - 1951

Superb numbered edition on large Arches parchment, watermark “Vertès,” all signed by Bauer and Vertès, and illustrated with 62 black lithographs, in-text or full-page, by Vertès - This publication follows the tradition of illustrated books devoted to Paris, a city whose charm lies as much in the richness of its monumental heritage as in the liveliness of its streets, the diversity of its neighborhoods, and the particular atmosphere of its cafés, squares, and promenades - The title underscores a double ambition: to capture “moments,” i.e., fleeting scenes, attitudes, and moments of life, while revealing the “faces” of a city whose identity is built through its inhabitants, trades, habits, and encounters - Gérard Bauer, writer and chronicler of Parisian life, brings to the work a literary sensitivity attentive to human behavior, to urban traditions, and to the social contrasts that make up the capital’s daily life - Vertès & Gérard Bauer - Instants et Visages de Paris - 1951 - André Sauret - 155 Pages. Very good condition of the binding, the work in sheets in its full illustrated cover with a color lithograph, in a publisher’s cloth case, tiny signs of use, edges slightly worn, smooth spine titled in gold letters - Very good interior condition, title page printed in red and black, work enriched with 62 black lithographs, in-text or full-page, by Vertès, limited numbered edition of 225 copies, all on large Arches parchment watermark “Vertès” and all signed by Bauer and Vertès, one of 150 including the final state of the illustrations, clean text, fresh interior - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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