Chine

Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1946. [22], 80, [6]pp; gravure plates. Large 4to (14 x 10-1/4 in). Printed paper over heavy card wraps. Wear and some loss to wraps at spine ends; scattered foxing to covers and endpapers. Very good.

Lovely gravure plates of China by French photographer Hélène Hoppenot (1894-1990); landscapes, architecture, people, sculpture, etc., with a ten-page introductory text by poet Paul Claudel. All text in French.