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1925007886Paris: Draeger Frères 1925. First Edition. Flexboard Portfolio. Flexboard is semi-stiff card. Very Good Plus. Utterly charming pochoir plates explicating the printing process as practiced by Draeger which produced the most opulent and beautiful trade catalogues and other publications at the time and was unquestionably a premier if not the premier commercial printer in France and worldwide. Signed in ink by a Draeger and by Ruhlmann -- whoever Ruhlmann was. Folio 38 by 31.5 cm. Unpaginated text pages six in all which is entirely in Cocteau's verse with following color plates numbered 1 to 11. We should note that the coloring is somewhat modest in scale amounting to three colors and some limited shading of these colors. Yet the color effectively accentuates and enlivens Martin's humorous illustrations which also have the simplicity and gentle caricature one associates with cartoons. Paper pastedown on cover with a few small tears and chips. Light soiling of the portfolio cover and in plate margins -- a good amount can be diminished with an eraser if an effort is made. Occasional light foxing. Draeger Frères unknown
