Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky. by (DANCE). BARBIER,…

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~ Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky. London: C. W. Beaumont & Co, 1913.

Large 4to (320 × 270 mm), pp. [16] including final blank, plus 12 pochoir coloured plates. A couple of the plates with their heavy black backgrounds very lightly rubbed. Original pictorial wraps (slightly soiled). preserved in early buckram boards with pictorial onlay. Sometime rebacked, rubbed, corners worn and soiled. Still a very good copy.

First edition in English (following the French edition of the same year, Barbier’s first illustrated book). 148 of 400 copies, all on vellum paper. The foreword by Francis De Miomandre was translated by C. W. Beaumont. The bookseller, publisher and dance historian Cyril Beaumont was instrumental in promoting and documenting the performances of Nijinsky and the Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in London, and here published a suite of Barbier’s iconic prints with an introductory text.

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