IL – Barbier – Le Gallienne, Richard: – The Romance of Perfume.

Enchanting, Art Deco-style illustrated advertising brochure by perfumer Richard Hudnut with enclosed brochure “At 20 Rue de la Paix” with a laudation of “Le Début”, perfume in the fragrance variants “Vert”, “Blanc”, “Bleu” and “Noir”. With the wonderful illustrations by Barbier. – A fine copy. – Cf. Carteret V, 121. Richard Le Gallienne is a name familiar to anyone acquainted with the London literary scene of the 1890s—he was friends with Oscar Wilde and contributed to The Yellow Book—but unlike many of his less fortunate contemporaries he also had a life and career that lasted beyond the Mauve Decade. The Romance of Perfume (1928) is one of his last books, a short history of the perfumer’s art which could well have been written thirty years earlier. George Barbier’s illustrations aren’t as carefully designed as in some of his earlier works but the pair are well-matched. Zauberhafte, im Art Deco-Stil illustrierte Werbeschrift des Parfumeurs Richard Hudnut mit beiliegender Broschüre “At 20 Rue de la Paix” mit Laudatio auf “Le Début”, Parfum in den Duftvarianten “Vert”, “Blanc”, “Bleu” und “Noir”. Mit den traumhaften Illustrationen von Barbier. – Einband an den Rändern gering ausgeblichen, sonst schönes Exemplar. – Vgl. Carteret V, 121.