Verve Volume 2 Nos. 5 and 6

The French Review of Art

edited by E. Tériade 

Paris, 1939  

Softback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Illustrated wraps show some smudges, edgewear, a small scrape at head edge, a split at hinge.  Corners are softened.  See photos.
• Spine is reinforced with tape.  See photos. 
• Binding is fragile, with some gatherings loose. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear, some plates are tipped-in, others are full sheets with intact tissue guards.  
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.  
• PS2026.1104

177 pages. 10.5 x 14 inches

One of the great art periodicals of all time, in the English edition.  Wraps by Aristide Maillol in color embellished with gilt.  Richly illustrated with b/w illustrations, color plates (partly tipped-in) and 12 original lithographs in color by George Braques, Fernand Leger, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, among others.  All present and in very good condition.  Condition is Very Good- with splitting at spine strip, split to hinge at Table of Contents and loose gatherings.  Interior is Very Good, with all plates Very Good and complete.

This is the double issue 5/6 from July/October 1939 of Verve, the French Review of Art.    Essays translated from the French by Robert Sage.

Printed in Paris.  Typography and color process work by Imprimerie des Beaux Arts.  Heliogravure in colors by Draeger Frères.  Heliogravure in black and white by Néogravure.  Lithography by Mourlot Frères.

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