Original wallet sheathed in gray suede (without case). Original glassines. Blaizot's essay on perfumes and perfumers includes chapters on the art of perfumery, the history of perfumes, the historical relationship between perfumers and apothecaries, the symbolism of perfumes, olfactory memories and "perfumes and love". French illustrator and costume designer Georges Lepape is known for his fashion illustrations, which appeared regularly in Parisian periodicals such as the Gazette du Bon Ton, the Journal des Dames et des Modes, and Modes et Manières d'Aujourd'hui, as well than Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. It is one of 500 copies on Vélin de Rives paper, numbered 91 , out of a total circulation of only 535 copies.
PERFUMES AND PERFUMERS
AUTHOR: Pierre Blaizot
- Illustrator: Georges Lepape
PUBLISHER: Editions à l'Étoile - Paris
Legal deposit: 1946
PRESENTATION
- Loose-leaf volume, under a folded cover. Rigid folder with square spine, half percialine and covers covered in gray suede
- Illustrations: 8 plates outside the text, under silk, some of a slightly curious nature
CONDITION: very good condition
TEXT in French