Fantasio: a comedy in two acts, Proofs-Drawings-Layout Design, 1927.

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Fantasio: a comedy in two acts, Proofs-Drawings-Layout Design, 1927.

Design materials including a prospectus manuscript, layout proofs, galley proofs, ink drawings and pochoir for the frontispiece for Fantasio, by Alfred de Musset, published in Holland in 1927. The illustrations by Fernand Giauque contain notes about correction suggested by Warde. This Pleaid edition is considered the high point of Warde's design career.

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