Exposition Internationale de Liège: Section Française Groupe 11 Mines et Metallurgie. Two text leaves followed by 32 photographic plates with two blank leaves. Folio, 305 x 240 mm, loose as issued in publisher’s printed black paper chemise designed by F. Bernard. [Paris: Editions P. Martial, 1930].
A deluxe promotional publication for France’s contribution to the Mines et Metallurgie section of the 1930 International Exposition in Liège. The cover is the work of the accomplished commercial designer Francis Bernard. The contents are made up of finely composed, rich photogravure images of the exhibition. Loosely inserted are two original photographs from the Paul Martial Studio, publisher of this work.
A fine copy, suffering only from superficial wear. OCLC finds copies at the Getty and The Hagley Museum.
PROVENANCE: Lucien Victor Arbel with his bookplate on the verso of the cover.
