SEM.
Le Vrai & le faux chic.
Paris: Succès, 1914. - In-folio, 459 x 313. Paperback, cover stamped with gilt and embossed design.

Beautiful album of texts and cartoons on women's fashion by columnist, cartoonist and caricaturist Sem, pseudonym of Georges-Marie Goursat. Each page of text is adorned with one or more drawings in black or color, and 17 pages are illustrated full-page in color.
The first 3 and last 3 leaves, on heavy paper, bear advertisements with mounted illustrations.

One of 300 copies on japon, this one unnumbered, bearing the artist's autograph on the cover:

 To Doctor Hill // 
 Kind regards // Souvenir // SEM

This copy is complete with 4 loose advertising sheets for Renault automobiles, Coty perfumes, Jansen furnishings and Boin-Taburet silverware. The brand names are inscribed in embossed gold lettering.
A paperback copy, with occasional copies in cardboard or leaves in a cardboard folder. Some foxing on cover.
Live Wednesday 9 April 2025・14:30 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 126

SEM. Le Vrai & le faux chic. Paris: Succès, 1914. - In-folio, 459 x 313. Paperback, cover stamped with gilt and embossed design. Beautiful album of texts and cartoons on women's fashion by columnist, cartoonist and caricaturist Sem, pseudonym of Georges-Marie Goursat. Each page of text is adorned with one or more drawings in black or color, and 17 pages are illustrated full-page in color. The first 3 and last 3 leaves, on heavy paper, bear advertisements with mounted illustrations. One of 300 copies on japon, this one unnumbered, bearing the artist's autograph on the cover: To Doctor Hill // Kind regards // Souvenir // SEM This copy is complete with 4 loose advertising sheets for Renault automobiles, Coty perfumes, Jansen furnishings and Boin-Taburet silverware. The brand names are inscribed in embossed gold lettering. A paperback copy, with occasional copies in cardboard or leaves in a cardboard folder. Some foxing on cover.

Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
26%
SEM. Le Vrai & le faux chic. Paris: Succès, 1914. - In-folio, 459 x 313. Paperback, cover stamped with gilt and embossed design. Beautiful album of texts and cartoons on women's fashion by columnist, cartoonist and caricaturist Sem, pseudonym of Georges-Marie Goursat. Each page of text is adorned with one or more drawings in black or color, and 17 pages are illustrated full-page in color. The first 3 and last 3 leaves, on heavy paper, bear advertisements with mounted illustrations. One of 300 copies on japon, this one unnumbered, bearing the artist's autograph on the cover: To Doctor Hill // Kind regards // Souvenir // SEM This copy is complete with 4 loose advertising sheets for Renault automobiles, Coty perfumes, Jansen furnishings and Boin-Taburet silverware. The brand names are inscribed in embossed gold lettering. A paperback copy, with occasional copies in cardboard or leaves in a cardboard folder. Some foxing on cover.
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