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L'Oeuvre De Leon Bakst Pour La Belle Au Bois Dormant; Ballet en Cinq actes d'apres le conte de Perrault Musique de Tchaikovsky

L'Oeuvre De Leon Bakst Pour La Belle Au Bois Dormant; Ballet en Cinq actes d'apres le conte de Perrault Musique de Tchaikovsky

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L'Oeuvre De Leon Bakst Pour La Belle Au Bois Dormant; Ballet en Cinq actes d'apres le conte de Perrault Musique de Tchaikovsky

by Bakst, Leon

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Three quarter maroon morocco and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Near fine
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Paris: M. De Brunoff, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter maroon morocco and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Near fine. 24 pages in text. 39 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 157 of 500 signed by Bakst & De Brunoff. Frontispiece, a lithograph of Bakst by Picasso and 54 mounted color lithographs with lettered tissue guards. Based on Perrault's classic fairy tale the ballet La Belle au Bois Dormant premiered in the Marinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, on 15th January, 1890 with choreography by Marius Petipa. Diaghilev's Ballet Russes performed the work as The Sleeping Beauty during the 1921 season. Clean, fresh and bright copy. slight wrinkling to front cover free marbled endpaper, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
L'Oeuvre De Leon Bakst Pour La Belle Au Bois Dormant; Ballet en Cinq actes d'apres le conte de Perrault Musique de Tchaikovsky
Author
Bakst, Leon
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Three quarter maroon morocco and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Near fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Publisher
M. De Brunoff
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1922
Keywords
Costume
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Design; Theatre;

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Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
First Edition
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Marbled boards
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