1884 ❧ 'The Book of Tomorrow'. ROCHAS D'AIGLUN, ALBERT DE. 1837-1914. Le Livre de demain. Blois: Raoul Marchand, 1884. 8vo (215 x 145 mm). 44 fascicles, with varied pagination throughout, printed on 44 different papers in a variety of inks and colors, including chromatic circles, silhouettes, etchings, photolithographs and tipped-in specimens of historic and contemporary papers, from papyrus to Chinese and Japanese papers. Contemporary French tan morocco, gilt-lettered on spine; original wrappers bound in; multi-colored morocco slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Albert de Rochas d'Aiglun (bookplate); Félix Perrin (inscription on limitation leaf). THE ROCHAS-PERRIN COPY. LIMITED EDITION, number 192 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER. A tour-de-force of nineteenth-century French book production, Le Livre de demain was conceived by Albert de Rochas and printed by Raoul Marchand as an extended demonstration of the possibilities of color, paper and typography. The opening sections consider the history and properties of paper, ink and color; the subsequent fascicles put these principles into practice, each becoming a new experiment in the relationship between type, ink, paper and ornament. Printed on papers of different weights, textures, colors and origins, the text is repeatedly framed by contrasting typographic borders, in combinations of color, gold and silver that vary from specimen to specimen. Literary and illustrative material becomes the vehicle for increasingly elaborate typographic effects, including specially commissioned engravings, silhouettes and photolithographs, together with four chromatic diagrams. Eleven paper specimens demonstrate the extraordinary range of materials available to the printer, extending from ancient papyrus to contemporary Oriental papers. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing