MAITRE DE L'AFFICHE

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MAITRE DE L'AFFICHE
MASTERS OF THE POSTER (Les). Monthly publication containing the reproduction of the most beautiful illustrated posters by the great French and foreign artists. Published by the Imprimerie Chaix. Paris, Imprimerie Chaix (rue Bergère), 1896-1900. 5 volumes in-folio, in sheets in publisher's cloth folders (folders a little faded, laces missing; 2 plates missing, n° 191 and 238; some rare russeting, small tears in the margins of about ten plates) Famous and important publication issued in issues, which brilliantly reflects the artistic advertising iconography composed by the greatest illustrators of the late 19th century: Chéret, Steinlen, Willette, Mucha, Forain, Grasset It includes 240 (here 238) color plates, and 16 additional monochrome plates, for a total of 254 (out of 256) plates.
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