Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.

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  • Another image of Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.
  • Another image of Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.
  • Another image of Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.
  • Another image of Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.
  • Another image of Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.
  • Another image of Fêtes galantes. by BARBIER, George, illustrator. Paul VERLAINE.

~ Fêtes galantes. Paris: [Imprimerie nationale for] H. Piazza, 1928.

Large 4to (300 × 230 mm), pp. [4], 100, [4], plus 20 coloured pochoir plates. Uncut in original wrappers and decorative slipcase (the latter slightly rubbed and soiled).

First edition with Barbier’s illustrations. Number LX of 175 copies (on Japon) for America (the total edition was 1200 copies). The poems of Verlaine’s Fêtes galantes (first published in 1869) took inspiration from the pastorals of Watteau, as well as the sumptuous fantasies of Fragonard and Boucher, while drawing characters from the Italian traditions of the commedia dell’arte. Barbier’s sensibilities made him the perfect artist to reinterpret Verlaine for the 1920s.

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