{"product_id":"adolphe-de-mayer-adolphe-de-mayer-9783958295056","title":"Adolphe de Mayer: Le Pr駘ude ﾀ l'Apr鑚-MIDI d'Un Faune","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an exacting facsimile--and the first reprint--of Adolph de Meyer's (1868-1946) especially rare book \u003ci\u003eLe Pr lude   l'apr s-midi d'un faune\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1914 in a handcrafted edition of 1,000. Today only six copies are known to exist, and this Steidl edition recreates a book from Karl Lagerfeld's personal collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Meyer's book is a record of Vaslav Nijinsky's performance in the first ballet he choreographed: \u003ci\u003eLe Pr lude   l'apr s-midi d'un faune\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePrelude to the Afternoon of a Faun\u003c\/i\u003e) for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, set to a score by Debussy and inspired by a poem by Mallarm . The ballet debuted in Paris in 1912 and shocked audiences with its eroticism and unconventional choreography. De Meyer's 30 photos capture Nijinsky's animalistic performance as the faun surrounded by prancing nymphs, and are an important record of L on Bakst's Symbolist sets and costumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition Gerhard Steidl recreates the original, published by Editions Paul Iribe \u0026amp; Cie, with as much attention to detail as possible. \u003ci\u003eLe Pr lude\u003c\/i\u003e is a hand-stitched brochure with a hand-folded dust jacket. Iribe's collotypes on vellum paper are recreated in offset as quadratone prints tipped-in by hand onto Somerset Cotton paper, mould-made by St Cuthbert's Mill--all in a limited edition of 1,000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adolphe de Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958295053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958295056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Adolphe de Mayer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079471001855,"sku":"9783958295056","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_109b1b19-f5c2-439c-87af-f39c6cc2d252.jpg?v=1685481328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adolphe-de-mayer-adolphe-de-mayer-9783958295056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}