Roger Parry, Fabien Loris. Banalité (Banality)

Roger Parry, Fabien Loris

Banalité (Banality)

Published 1930; rebound 1986

Book with sixteen gelatin silver prints (“réogrammes”) mounted on embossed paper; letterpress text. Bespoke leather rebinding by Mercher with gelatin silver positive transparencies (reproductions of the sixteen “réogrammes”) over metal leaf

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Author Léon-Paul Fargue
Book binder Daniel Henri Mercher (rebinding)
Publisher Librairie Gallimard, Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, Paris [NRF]
Medium Book with sixteen gelatin silver prints (“réogrammes”) mounted on embossed paper; letterpress text. Bespoke leather rebinding by Mercher with gelatin silver positive transparencies (reproductions of the sixteen “réogrammes”) over metal leaf
Dimensions Pages: 14 13/16 × 10 13/16 in. (37.7 × 27.5 cm); Book (closed): 15 1/8 × 11 7/16 × 7/8 in. (38.4 × 29 × 2.3 cm)
Printer of plates Barry "
Printer of text L. Massol , Paris
Edition 367. Thirty numbered I–XXX on Japon impérial paper; 300 numbered 1–300 on Hollande Pannekoek paper; thirty-seven hors commerce. This copy no. VIII
Credit Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Object number 508.2022
Department Drawings and Prints

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