by Christophe Dorny
Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946), Plaisirs d’hiver (Winter Pleasures), Brussels, Édition de l’Art Décoratif C. Dangotte, Collection du Petit Artiste, [Imprimerie J.-E. Goossens], 1918; one of the book’s 10 lithographs, the first of 100 copies on imperial paper from Japan, numbered 1-100 by the press and signed in ink by the artist. Pierre Coumans, Belgium. Courtesy Librairie Pierre Coumans, Belgique
For the second consecutive year, Covid-19 has compelled the Paris Rare Book Fair (Salon du Livre Rare) to open in September. This time, it is taking place in the pop-up Grand-Palais structure on the Champ-de-Mars designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. For three days (September 24 to 26), booksellers from around the world will exhibit the best written, printed and iconographic works of cultural history. Two hundred exhibitors will participate in the event, as well as objet d’art experts and print gallery owners. Read more