BLAIZOT (Pierre). - Lot 89

BLAIZOT (Pierre). Perfumes and perfumers. Paris: Éditions À l'étoile, 1946. - In-folio, 324 x 248: (2 blank ff.), 135 pp. (4 ff. last 2 blank), printed cover. Leaves, filled cover, publisher's grey velvet-covered cardboard folder and slipcase. Monod, n° 1582. - Louis Irissou, Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie, 1947, n° 119, pp. 244-245. First edition and first print run of the 8 full-page compositions by Georges LEPAPE (1887-1971) on tinted backgrounds. "This beautifully presented luxury book is as heady as perfume. It evokes an age when the art of the perfumer was confused with that of the apothecary, and shows that today it is confused with that of the chemist" (Louis Irissou). It comprises 8 parts: The art of the perfumer. - History of perfumes. - The sense of smell and taste. - Perfumers and apothecaries. - Perfume symbolism. - Perfumes and love. - Scents and memory. - Olfaction and scented products. Edition of 535 numbered copies on Rives vellum. Enriched with an original color drawing by Georges Lepape, dedicated to Paul Vacher, dated and signed February 18, 1952. Paul Vacher was one of the great "noses" of the first half of the 20th century, and co-creator of the iconic Arpèges perfumes by Lanvin and Miss Dior. A good copy. Slipcase a little faded and rubbed at extremities. Provenance: Paul Vacher, with autographed drawing by Lepape.