BARBIER (George). The Garland of Months. First Year 1917 [1918-1919-1920-1921]. Paris: Jules Meynial, 1917-1921. - 5 volumes in-16, 114 x 80: (1 f.), 88 pp., (26 ff.), 6 plates; 165 pp., (4 ff.), 6 plates; title, 122 pp., (1 f.), 6 plates; (2 ff.), 128 pp., (1 f.), 6 plates; (1 f.), title, 137 pp., 6 plates. Illustrated silk-covered cardboard boxes, smooth backs, under illustrated covers and cases. Complete collection of the 5 years of this charming and famous almanac on the theme of the seasons, whose publication began during the war. Each year is illustrated with a title and 6 plates by George BARBIER, coloured with stencil. There are also several of the artist's ornaments and the year 1918 also includes a frontispiece. In addition to the calendar and the illustrated notepads at the end, this almanac contains many texts signed by René Boylesve, Gérard d'Houville, George Barbier, Albert Flament, Francis de Miomandre, Anna de Noailles, Henri de Régnier, Edmond Jaloux , etc. Each volume is preserved in a silk-covered cardboard box illustrated by George Barbier, all different, under a dust jacket and case, also decorated with a composition by the artist, except for the first year case . Perfectly preserved copies. Only the 1921 jacket is brown.