‎Musée du Livre Bruxelles ( éditeur ) - Iwan CERF :‎
‎Musée du Livre - 27e - 28e Fascicule - 1913 ( 7th year ). Le Musée du Livre - Text and Plates in original wrapper.‎

‎0. Bruxelles, Musée du Livre, 1913 , in-4°, 28,5 x 21,5 cm, pp (439 - 486) + (21 of 25 ) loose plates. 3 separate issues, Leaves bound together with a silk tie, no wrapper ( as issued). The plates are loose ( as issued). The plates have a serpente with a printed caption and carry a number. For the year 1913 these numbers are 280 -> 305 ( missing are plates 281 , 285, 287, 292 )The text leaves are complete , index leaf included . This is the nearely complete year 1913, consisting of 3 text issues ( fascicules in French) and 25 plates of the prestigeous Brussels' periodical devoted to the art of the book. It covers the whole subject : typography, lettering , binding, illustration...Its pre-war publications (before 1914) are rightly famous for the beautiful typographical execution. The project , animated by Henri Liebrecht, could rely on the aid of the main Brussels printing houses, paper and ink suppliers. ( e.g. Imprimerie Goossens, établ. Malvaux ...). They published 4 issues per year (fascicules), accompanied by plates . With an article of Iwan Cerf on the Belgian Poster '' Les affiches belges''. Plate 296 is a multi-coloured woodcut by Edgar Tytgat taken from his first pre-war illustrated book. '' Le Lendemain de Saint-Nicolas''..‎

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