Musée du Livre Bruxelles ( éditeur ) - Sander PIERRON - Adolpho de CAROLIS - Antonio MORONI ( iluustrations ) .
Reference : 49965
0. Bruxelles, Musée du Livre, 1915 , in-4°, 28,5 x 21,5 cm, pp (565 - 583) + 2 plates . Leaves bound together with a silk tie, no wrapper ( as issued). Outer pages a bit soiled. This is the 31-34th issue ( fascicule in French) of the prestigeous Brussels' periodical devoted to the art of the book. It covers the whole subject : typography, lettering , binding, illustration...Its pre-war publications (before 1914) are rightly famous for the beautiful typographical execution. The project , animated by Henri Liebrecht, could rely on the aid of the main Brussels printing houses, paper and ink suppliers. ( e.g. Imprimerie Goossens, établ. Malvaux ...). They published 4 issues per year ( fascicules ), some of these issues were accompanied by plates . The plates are reproductions of woodcuts by the Italian artists (see above).