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GAZETTE DU BON TON. 24 issues, 1912 - 1920. with RAOUL DUFY Croquis De Modes, 1920. comprises. GAZETTE DU BON TON. 24 issues, Art-Modes & Frivolities, Emile Levy Editeur, Paris: Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1912-1920. 24 issues, first editions, 4to., (256 x 195mm), original cream card wrappers, lettered in black, edges untrimmed, pages and plates mostly loose within the wrappers, incomplete with 184 lithograph plates, including 10 double-page, and two panoramas, Directeur, Lucien Vogel, French text. comprises: 12 issues, Nos. 1 - 3. n.d. (1912), No. 4. Fevrier, 1913 - No. 12. Octobre, 1913; a single issue, No. 7. Juillet, 1914, 2 Annee, London: William Heinemann, Paris, Berlin, New York, Buenos Aires, within additional white paper wrappers; a single issue, Nos. 8-9. Ete 1915, 2 Annee, Paris: Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, with a decorated printed note to last page, 'Acheve d'imprimer sur les presses de la BON TON le 15 juin 1915, 316 jour de la Guerre' ('finished printing at the printers of Gazette du Bon Ton, 15th June, 1915, 316th day of the War'); 10 issues, Nos. 1-10. Janvier - Fevrier 1920, 3rd Annee, The Field Press, Beams Buildings, London, (not published in January and August). This Influential monthly fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine was published 1912-1920, during a period of revolutionary change in art and society, (with an interruption to publication during the Great War). The magazine signed exclusive contracts with seven of Paris' top couture houses and collaborated with artists and illustrators of the day, including Georges Barbier Jean Bakst, Pierre and Jacques Brissaud, Raoul Dufy and others, to reproduce the top designers' creations. Each issue featured ten full-page fashion lithograph plates, (seven depicting couture designs and three inspired by couture, designed solely by the illustrators). A showcase of the Art of Living and French taste during the Roaring Twenties; together with DUFY, Raoul. (1877 - 1953). Croquis de Modes Soieries de Bianchini-Férier & Cie. Gazzette du Bon Ton, No. 1, Fevrier, 1920. first edition, 4to., (245 x 194mm), original paper wrappers lettered in brown to front, pages and plates loose within wrappers, 16pp, + 7 plates, (nos. I, II, III, IIII, V; VI, VII). (Qty 25) Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: No. 1 (n.d. 1912) - 9 plates, lacks Pl. V. No. 2. (n.d. 1912)) - 10 plates No. 3. (n.d. 1912) - 10 plates, including Pl. III, double-page. No. 4. Fevrier, 1913 - 9 plates, lacks Pl. X. No. 5. Mars 1913 - 10 plates, No. 6. Avril 1913 - 10 plates. No. 7. Mai 1913 - 10 plates, including Pl. I, double-page. No. 8. Juin 1913 -10 plates, including Pl. I, double-page. No. 9. Juillet 1913 - 10 plates. No.10. Aout 1913 - 10 plates includes Pl. I, double-page. No. 11. Septembre 1913 - 10 plates, includes Pl. 1, double-page. No. 12. Octobre 1913 - 10 plates. Juillet, 1914, 2 Annee, No. 7, London: William Heinemann. - 9 Plates, including 63, 64, 66-72, lacks Pl. 65. Ete 1915, 2 Anne, Nos. 8-9. - 6 plates, includes Pl. 2-5, double-page, and Pl.6, panorama. Janvier-Fevrier 1920, No. 1. - 8 plates, lacks Pl. 9 + 10. (Mars) 1920. No. 2. - G. Franconnet Plates, Nos. 11-16, and Pl. 9, double-page, Pl.10, Pl.11, Pl. 14, Pl. 15. (Avril) 1920. No. 3. - 7 plates, Pl. 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23. (Mai) 1920. No. 4. - 7 plates, Pl. 24 - 29, and Pl. 31, includes panorama Plate, 'Robes pour l'ete 1920'. (Juin) 1920 No. 5. - 7 plates, Pl. 33-39. (Juillet) 1920. No. 6. - 7 plates, Pl. 40-47, lacks Pl. 42. (Septembre) 1920. No. 7. - 8 plates, 48-55. (Octobre) 1920. No. 8. - 6 plates, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63. (Novembre) 1920. No. 9. - 8 plates, 64-71. (Decembre) 1920. No. 10. - 8 plates, 72-79. Condition Report Disclaimer