periodicals - [Peignot, Charles] (ed.). Arts et métiers graphiques. 12 Jgge. in 68 issues, bound in 14 volumes. With numerous illustrations, mostly full-page, some in color, some mounted. Paris, Hachette, 1927-1939. 4°. Private half vellum volumes with gilt spine titles and volume number (sign. W. Wirz, Lausanne), bound in, illustrated original brochures. Complete series of the important French journal on book design, typography and book illustration. "Highly regarded" (LGB V, 580) and rarely complete. - With superbly documented articles on Arabic script, ancient and modern bindings, printing of braille, labels of liqueurs or perfumes, the beginnings of lithography, and tenths of photographic contributions. The editor Charles Peignot (1897-1983) founded the elaborately designed art magazine as head of the type foundry Deberny et Peignot - one of the most important French firms in this field - which explains the exceptional printing quality, which is particularly striking in the illustrations of the special photography issues and was certainly one reason why the international avant-garde elite from Herbert Bayer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and André Kertesz to Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Edward Steichen, Albert Renger-Patzsch, UMBO, and many others were happy to participate. and many more. Particularly noteworthy is the special edition on photography (No. 16), which reflects the range of photographic art of the time with over 130 contemporary photographs. Especially its versatility in subject matter and design made the AMG one of the outstanding graphic magazines before the Second World War. - Minimally browned in the cut, overall a very clean and well preserved copy. - Mont. Bookplate "Alvaro Balozza", bookseller's stamp "F. Roth & Cie, Lausanne".