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Posters of the Belle ?poque

Posters of the Belle ?poque: The Wine Spectator Collection, by Jack Rennert.

The most sumptuous volume on the birth of the poster in Paris and the decade in which the boulevards became the "art gallery of the street." 220 color illustrations from Marvin Shanken's collection of Cheret, Mucha, Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Privat Livemont, Cappiello and others. 10 x 13 inches. New 2nd edition. Hardcover. $75.

Masters of the Poster, 1900

Masters of the Poster, 1900, by Alain Weill.

In the 1890s Jules Cheret collected the greatest posters ever made in France into the Maitres de L'Affiche. Alain Weill imagines putting together a collection of the greatest posters from all over the world in 1900. Perhaps the only truly global look at the Golden Age of posters. Over 300 color illustrations. 240 pages. 9 x 11 1/2 inches. Softcover. $60.