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MARX, ROGER; and ROCHE, PIERRE. La Loïe Fuller. 17 colored "estampes modeleés" (gypsography plates) by Pierre Roche. 4to, rebound in marbled boards with painted spine label and printed booklabel of Maurice Quarré, for whom this copy was printed; original embossed pictorial wrappers bound in; scattered minor foxing; publication brochure from l'Estampe Originale folded and laid in. (Paris: Les Cent Bibliophiles, 1904)
number 129 of 130 copies of this beautiful work of art nouveau and the first use of relief illustrations in book form . It is also the first use of Auriol Italic type. The sculptor Pierre Roche experimented with gypsography in the 1890s. The process involves using plaster moulds and hand-colored damp paper to create the image after which ink is applied directly to the mould, as with a wood-engraving. Later, he replaced the plaster moulds with metal to achieve more detail in the relief. He used the method in book form for the first time here. The effect is one of medals set within the typographic layout. The great American music-hall artist Fuller was a perfect subject for these illustrations. Images of her choreography involving light shining through moving dancers'' long diaphanous scarves were a feature in the works of Toulouse-Lautrec and are represented beautifully in Roche''s gypsography. Carteret, IV, page 345; Ray, page 480.
