TOUSSAINT, Franz.

£600 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Grains de Poivre. First and only edition, number 420 of 400 copies on Vélin du Marais au filigrane, from a total edition of 450 only. A fine copy of this work, a classic of the art déco style, by French writer and orientalist Franz Toussaint, and illustrated by Janine Aghion (1894-1982), who worked with art déco forerunner Paul Poiret. Several of Aghion's striking costume designs are held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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