Book details
$US 300.00
Alexandre, Arsene, et al.
The Modern Poster
Imprint: New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons , 1895
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Green cloth with classic Art Nouveau peacock image on front cover. t.e.g. Bookplate of Robert and Gladys Koch on front pastedown. Gladys was a well known antiques dealer and her husband, Robert, was an art historian best known for his books on the great American decorative artist, Louis C. Tiffany and master graphic artist, Will Bradley. Dr. Koch specialized in the Art Nouveau period and authored articles on posters. Name and address of previous owner on front end paper. 117 pp., 69 illustrations. Number 562 of 750 copies on enameled book paper. Includes sections on French posters and book covers, Posters and Poster-Designing in England, American Posters Past and Present, and Italian Posters and Mosaic Book Covers. As usual, lacking the Bradley poster that accompanied the book upon publication.
Stock number:1900.6.