[MEN'S MAGAZINE]. - Lot 159

[MEN'S MAGAZINE]. Monsieur. Revue des élégances, des bonnes manières et de tout ce qui intéresse Monsieur. Paris: J. Hebertot, 1920-1925. - 55 large fascicules in-4, paperback, preserved in 5 green buffalo boxes, title in relief on the spine, in cameos of greens running across the first two and last two boxes, in white on the third box, first plates numbered and illustrated with one of the covers in a bowl (Martine Clamagirand-Roth). The most beautiful men's fashion magazine ever published. It began in 1920 and ended in 1924, with color stencil illustrations by Bénito, Boutet de Monvel, Coulon, Dignimont, Dulac, Halouze, Marc Luc, Marty, Mourgue, Pecoud, de Roux, Taquoy... This reunion runs from issue no. 1 (January 1920) to no. 58 (October 1924). Numbers 30 and 32 (June and August 1922) are missing. The set includes 3 plates offered as a bonus to subscribers: Le Cavalier seul ou le bal travesti, by Édouard Halouze; Une grosse cote, by Pierre Mourgue (in duplicate, one with minor defects); La Robe de chambre. Rien de nouveau sous le Soleil, by Guy Arnoux. The collection is enhanced by the original color drawing for the April 1923 cover (no. 40). Three issues of Monsieur, la mode et les sports (August, September and October 1925) and three issues of Journal de Monsieur, a monthly review of men's fashion (December 1936, March and June 1937) are included. Exceptional and extremely rare set, preserved in boxes made by Martine Clamagirand-Roth in 2013. Some issues faded or foxed.