CYRANO DE BERGERAC

by Joseph Hémard, Edmond Rostand

$500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Paris: Georges Briffaut, 1927. Limited first edition thus, illustrated by Hémard with hand-coloring in pochoir, of the Belle Époque play of love and performance. Near fine. Item #55704 The art of pochoir, applying watercolor and gouache via stencil, was brought to its height by the French in this era; Hémard specialized in illustrations conceived for the pochoir process.

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