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[BAKST, Leon]. LEVINSON, Andrei Yakovl'evich (1887-1933). Bakst. The story of the artist's life. London: Bayard Press, 1923.
A fine and iconic production: the sumptuously illustrated biography of Bakst, reproducing his stage-designs, portraits, drawings and paintings. This is copy no. 145 of a limited edition of 315 copies, printed in London after a first appearance in New York the year before.
Folio (370 x 270), with 68 plates and illustrations, mostly in colour, many with captioned tissue guards (occasional light spotting.) Uncut in the original publisher’s vellum, spine and sides embossed in gilt (lightly soiled).
A fine and iconic production: the sumptuously illustrated biography of Bakst, reproducing his stage-designs, portraits, drawings and paintings. This is copy no. 145 of a limited edition of 315 copies, printed in London after a first appearance in New York the year before.
Folio (370 x 270), with 68 plates and illustrations, mostly in colour, many with captioned tissue guards (occasional light spotting.) Uncut in the original publisher’s vellum, spine and sides embossed in gilt (lightly soiled).
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