TRAITÉ D'ENLUMINURE D'ART AU POCHOIR

Paris, France: Editions de l'Ibis, 1925. illustrated chamis cover, custom cloth clamshell box with cloth label with the author and title in gilt, loose signatures, as issued. 4to. illustrated chamis cover, custom cloth clamshell box with cloth label with the author and title in gilt, loose signatures, as issued. xxv, 75 pages, 20 plates. One of 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 60 copies, signed by Saudé. Also included are the three supplements and subscribers 'prospectus' sheet, as well as proofs on heavier blue paper of the front and rear cover illustrations. Additional loosely inserted are four proofs of the pochoir decorated pastedowns of the chemise. Rubbing along the edges, spine, and hinges of the chemise. All-in-all, a spectacular copy of the deluxe edition with additional material loosely inserted.



The plates include work by Lepape, Rodin, Albert Besnard, Andre-Morisset and others. The text on the technique of pochoir printing is by Antoine Bourdelle, Lucien Descanves and Sem. "Jean Saudé took over the Ibis studios in Paris and set up the Editions de l'Ibis as a publishing art. Saudé specialized in fine illustrated books and collector's pieces. Above all he is remembered for his Traité d'Enluminure, an illustrated manual and historical treatise on the art of pochoir. This was in fact the only published work of any lenght on the subject. Printed in an edition limited to five hundred copies and lavishly illustrated, the Traité is now a rare and valuable work" (Elizabeth Harris, "Pochoir," Smithsonian, 1977, p.3).



Twenty-five pochoir plates (in thirty-five states), plus illustrations, some color, in the text by Benedictus, Brunetta, & Chapuis. Unsewn as issued in folder with pochoir by Benedictus, pochoir endpapers by Chapuis. Scarce with the three supplements and prospectus.