MARTIN (Charles) - COCTEAU (Jean).
Take care of the glory of your firm and the excellence of your goods, because, if you judge them to be good, your interest becomes the general interest.
Montrouge : Draeger frères, 1924. - In-folio, 382 x 312 : (4 ff. first blank), 11 plates, illustrated cover. In sheets, in a jacket with a typographic decoration.

Prestigious catalogue glorifying the graphic arts industries through a major collaboration between the printer Draeger, the writer Jean Cocteau and the artist Charles Martin. The text is a treasure of typographic presentation and appeals to advertisers to encourage them to publish Draeger catalogues. It is followed by 11 plates drawn by Charles MARTIN (1884-1934) in the purest Art Deco spirit. 

"This catalogue is the perfect celebration, never equalled, of the publishing professions, as well as one of the most prestigious DRAEGER albums" (Forney exhibition 1988, n° 82).

Some stains and spotting to the dust jacket and a few small scattered freckles on the boards.
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MARTIN (Charles) - COCTEAU (Jean). Take care of the glory of your firm and the excellence of your goods, because, if you judge them to be good, your interest becomes the general interest. Montrouge : Draeger frères, 1924. - In-folio, 382 x 312 : (4 ff. first blank), 11 plates, illustrated cover. In sheets, in a jacket with a typographic decoration. Prestigious catalogue glorifying the graphic arts industries through a major collaboration between the printer Draeger, the writer Jean Cocteau and the artist Charles Martin. The text is a treasure of typographic presentation and appeals to advertisers to encourage them to publish Draeger catalogues. It is followed by 11 plates drawn by Charles MARTIN (1884-1934) in the purest Art Deco spirit. "This catalogue is the perfect celebration, never equalled, of the publishing professions, as well as one of the most prestigious DRAEGER albums" (Forney exhibition 1988, n° 82). Some stains and spotting to the dust jacket and a few small scattered freckles on the boards.

Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
25%
MARTIN (Charles) - COCTEAU (Jean). Take care of the glory of your firm and the excellence of your goods, because, if you judge them to be good, your interest becomes the general interest. Montrouge : Draeger frères, 1924. - In-folio, 382 x 312 : (4 ff. first blank), 11 plates, illustrated cover. In sheets, in a jacket with a typographic decoration. Prestigious catalogue glorifying the graphic arts industries through a major collaboration between the printer Draeger, the writer Jean Cocteau and the artist Charles Martin. The text is a treasure of typographic presentation and appeals to advertisers to encourage them to publish Draeger catalogues. It is followed by 11 plates drawn by Charles MARTIN (1884-1934) in the purest Art Deco spirit. "This catalogue is the perfect celebration, never equalled, of the publishing professions, as well as one of the most prestigious DRAEGER albums" (Forney exhibition 1988, n° 82). Some stains and spotting to the dust jacket and a few small scattered freckles on the boards.
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