GERARD MULIS. MICHEL FOKINE, 27 photographic and design plates. Monte Carlo. 1945

  

In sheets, original illustrated cover. First edition of this collection of engravings and photographic reproductions. It consists of 27 plates, including 5 engravings, one as a frontispiece representing Michel Fokine, etched in black by Seguin-Bertault, and 4 in colors by Molné, as well as 22 black and white photographic reproductions depicting ballet scenes or portraits of dancers. They are preceded by a text by Gérard Mulys, a star dancer from the Nouveaux Ballets de Monte-Carlo, detailing Fokine's contribution to the renewal of ballet. One of the 100 copies on Navarre paper.