Title: The Romance of Perfume Author: Le Gallienne, Richard Place: New York & Paris Publisher: Richard Hudnut Date: 1928 Description: 48 pp. With 16-page pamphlet describing the Hudnut shop in Paris laid into rear pocket. Title-page vignette and 8 plates after George Barbier; 4 plates after hand-colored photographs in the pamphlet. 8vo. Original cream boards, front cover lettered and pictorially decorated in black and colors after Barbier, slipcase. First Edition. A curious promotional piece for Hudnut perfumes with illustrations by an outstanding Art Deco artist, and printed by William Edwin Rudge. The colophon states that Barbier's lovely plates were reproduced by the "Smithsonian process" (simulation of pochoir). Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase split at corners and lacking a 1" piece from one end piece; volume with a touch of soiling; near fine. Item number: 222872
Title: The Romance of Perfume Author: Le Gallienne, Richard Place: New York & Paris Publisher: Richard Hudnut Date: 1928 Description: 48 pp. With 16-page pamphlet describing the Hudnut shop in Paris laid into rear pocket. Title-page vignette and 8 plates after George Barbier; 4 plates after hand-colored photographs in the pamphlet. 8vo. Original cream boards, front cover lettered and pictorially decorated in black and colors after Barbier, slipcase. First Edition. A curious promotional piece for Hudnut perfumes with illustrations by an outstanding Art Deco artist, and printed by William Edwin Rudge. The colophon states that Barbier's lovely plates were reproduced by the "Smithsonian process" (simulation of pochoir). Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase split at corners and lacking a 1" piece from one end piece; volume with a touch of soiling; near fine. Item number: 222872
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