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Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard, Paris, c1940
by Hemard, Joseph
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1940. Paris: Editions Litt‚raires de France, 1940?. Paris: Editions Litt‚raires de France, 1940? Handsomely Bound Copy of Hemard's Code Penal Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard. Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, [c.1940?]. 169 pp. Numerous pochoir color text illustrations throughout. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7"). Original publisher stiff printed color wrappers bound into contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, by M. Bobot, raised bands and gilt title to spine, top-edge gilt, deckle fore-edge. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, front joint just starting at ends, light toning to interior, illustrations vivid. A handsome copy. $1,500. * From an edition limited to 900 copies, this number 320. Hemard presents the official text of the French Code Penal with witty, and often mildly erotic, color pochoir illustrations. It is a sequel to his Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes. In 1944 Hemard issued another legal work: Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Hemard, a prolific artist, illustrator, designer and author, is best-known for his humorously illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books.
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- The Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71976
- Title
- Code Penal: Commentaires Images de Joseph Hemard, Paris, c1940
- Author
- Hemard, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Paris: Editions Litt‚raires de France, 1940?
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LEGAL HUMOR, NYBF23, LEGAL SATIRE, CRIMINAL LAW, CAT101, 71976.JPG
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Scholarly;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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