This Book
Another foray into my bookcase seeking titles not previously listed, this one, published by Librarie Franco-Anglaise, a publisher whose books tend not to fare too well, as if not rebound they are likely to perish because of poor paper quality, This particular title is preserved in a very nice binding, and has a very pleasant tactile, size and feeling. You can’t get that on the internet, Perhaps the simplest description of the internet:-
“It totally lacks feelings.”
Librairie Franco-Anglaise. French publisher who was active in Paris c. 1910 until 1935. Some editions add the following publisher name(s): Legrand and Chevallier or M. Legrand alone (after 1919). Many of the publications of the Librairie Franco-Anglaise were first published at the Librairie du Temple.
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Gaston Smit, also known under the pseudonyms Georges Topfer and James Barclay, is an illustrator about whom little is known. We assume that his real name is Gaston Smit since it is under this name that he illustrated passionate novels for the publisher Albin Michel. Smit is best known for his sadomasochistic illustrations for the following publishers: Amateur-Biblio, Curio, l’Édition Parisienne, Éditions P. Brenet, Éditions Prima, Éditions Jean Fort, Librairie Artistique, Librairie Artistique et Édition Parisienne réunies and Librairie Franco-Anglaise. This artist, possibly French, was active mainly from 1919 to 1933. It is not excluded that he may have published illustrations in newspapers or magazines earlier, but we have not found any trace of this.
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Title page
Virgans, Jean de, Flagellées, Librairie Franco-Anglaise, 1920. 6 illustrations. G. Smit G Topfer. Imprimerie Bossiere, Saint-Armand, Cher. 265 pages, (iv) adverts. Rebound in Half brown leather on dappled pink boards, author, title and elaborate panel in gilt on spine original illustrated paper covers preserved, very good condition.
illustrations
( NOTE, because of the tightness of the binding impossible to produce flat images)
illustration 1
illustration 2
illustrations 4
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