La Guirlande Des Mois
Meynial, 1921.
First edition. 12cm x 8cm. Cream silk covers illustrated in black and gold with designs by Barbier. All edges gilt. Decorative borders and chapter headings. Decorative endpapers, pictorial title page, six pochoir colour plates in Art Deco style. A fine book, near fine dustwrapper and slipcase.
The fifth Barbier almanac, a note to the reader tells us that this will be the final volume in the series of almanacs. Guirlandes des Mois is a series of almanacs produced by Jules Maynial and illustrated by George Barbier, the delightful little books (five in total) were published annually between 1917 - 1921. Barbier was a keen book collector and his own collection included a series of seventeenth - early nineteenth century almanacs and it was this collection which inspired the design of the Guirlandes. The books contain an anthology of writings, blank pages for notes and a calendar. The illustrations are beautifully delicate, with covers, dustwrappers and box all containing different drawings. Beginning in the war years many of the illustrations reflect the times, with images of soldiers on leave wooing elegant young women.
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