EO / Léandre Vaillat - [L.D. Germain] - Paysages de Paris - 1919

Léandre Vaillat: Paris Landscapes. Published by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, rue Aubert in Paris, 1919. Specifically issued to commemorates the launch of the new ocean liner Paris, to be offered to the company's passengers. Original edition.
Light rubbing and wear to corners and edges, small nicks at the head and tail of the spine as well as a slight loss of material at the tail, otherwise fine binding condition, interior very fresh.
Written by art critic and writer Léandre Vaillat. Contains numerous black-and-white drawings (in-text and plate) etched by Maurice Achener. The prestigious covers and the endpapers were designed by the decorative artist Miss L.-D. Germain. The stencil was produced by the Patria workshop for the wounded in war.
Printed in Cochin type by the G. de Malherbe et Cie printing house in Paris, on pure rag paper from Lafuma papermills. This prestige work is today sought after by collectors of old books as well as by enthusiasts of the history of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and by lovers and collectors of fine bindings.
144 pages, 23 x 13.5 cm, 300 g (including packaging).