Main entry:

Peyré, Yves, author.

Title & Author:

Art deco bookbindings : the work of Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler / Yves Peyré and H. George Fletcher.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press in association with the New York Public Library, [2004]
©2004

Description:

119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... jointly organized by the Bibliotheque litteraire Jacques Doucet and The New York Public Library"--Title page verso.
"Translation of the French text by Lorna Kettaneh, revised and edited by Anne Skillion"--Title page verso.
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... jointly organized by the Bibliotheque litteraire Jacques Doucet and The New York Public Library"--T.p. verso.
"Translation of the French text by Lorna Kettaneh, revised and edited by Anne Skillion"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 115) and index.
Foreword / Paul LeClerc -- Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler in The New York Public Library / H. George Fletcher -- Jacques Doucet and the art of bookbinding / Yves Peyré -- The bindings of Pierre Legrain -- The bindings of Rose Adler -- The bindings: descriptive entries -- A brief glossary of selected bookbinding terms.

Summary:

"Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler transformed bookbinding into a medium of playful and dazzling experimentation and craftsmanship. Their colorful, imaginative works, often made in exotic materials, are found only in a few prized collections and have rarely been available to the general public. Now, this selection of more than sixty designs, colored-paper maquettes, and realized bindings are collected in one exquisite volume, with insightful texts introducing the work and discussing its revolutionary effect on modern design. Among the brilliant array of bindings are ones made especially for works by Colette, Paul Verlaine, Andre Gide, Guillaume Apollinaire, Stephane Mallarme, Michel Leiris, and Jean Giraudoux."--Publisher's description.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

1568984626 (alk. paper)
9781568984629 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Legrain, Pierre, 1889-1929.
Adler, Rose, 1890-1959.
Doucet, Jacques, 1853-1929.
Adler, Rose Expositions.
Legrain, Pierre Expositions.
Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet.
Fine bindings France Paris History 20th century.
Decoration and ornament Art deco.
Bookbinding France Paris History 20th century.
Fine bindings France History 20th century Pictorial works.
Reliures de luxe France Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Décoration et ornement Art déco.
Reliure France Paris Histoire 20e siècle.
Reliures de luxe France Paris Histoire 20e siècle.
Reliure manuelle France Paris Histoire 20e siècle.
Bookbinding
Fine bindings
Boekbanden.
Art deco.
Boekbinders.
Relieurs France 20e siècle Expositions.
France
France Paris

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Pictorial works
History

Added entries:

Fletcher, H. George, author.
Fletcher, H. George
Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, organizer.
Princeton Architectural Press, publisher.
New York Public Library, publisher, organizer.
Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet
New York Public Library

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231789
Call No.: NK44.L517 P4 2004
Status: Available