Description
Up For Sale Today is
Vins
Fleurs et Flammes
A Travers nos Vignes
Edited by
Georges Duhamel & Heron De Villefosse
Portfolio. 4to. Bernard Klein, Paris, France. 1953. 201 pgs in loose signatures as issued, illustrated with XXX plates within a pictorial wrappers and housed in a two-piece slipcase. Limited edition of 330 copies on special Arches vellum numbered from 51 to 380, this one bears the number 189. Separate suite of 15 prints by Uzelac in printed folder.
Slipcased in purple slipcase and issued in double edition casing. Bound in purple cloth boards with vellum spine and spine label titles present to the spine. Boards have stain present to the spine. In sheets, folded cover illustrated with a colored composition by Jacques Villon stencil. Accompanied by a series of themed watercolors on pure marsh thread in sheets with illustrated folded cover. Title in red & black; decorative initials throughout. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
A collection of essays and illustrations on wine and vineyards, executed by a variety of renowned authors and artists. The 13 essays are by Georges Duhamel, Maz Jacob, Roger Vitrac, Raoul Ponchon, Tristan Dereme, Louis Jouvet, Colette, Mac Orlan, Heron de Villefosse, Fernand Fleuret, Maurice Fombeure, and Paul Valery. The 16 beautiful illustrations - lithographs, pochoirs and monochrome plates - are by Jacques Villon, Raoul Dufy (2), Max Jacob, Andre Derain (2), P.Y. Tremois, Jean Cocteau, Gen Paul, Foujita, Kisling, Utrillo, Honegger, Brianchon (4).
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| Book formats and corresponding sizes | ||||||
| Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
| inches | cm | |||||
| folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
| quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
| octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
| duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
| sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
| octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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