Dourdan, Ch. Juliot, [1901]. Folio (43.1 x 32.3 cm). 10 pp. (title and explanatory text); 28 numbered, full-colour plates in original, pictorial portfolio.

A rare complete suite of beautiful Art Nouveau letters and shop signs designed by the French artist and typographer Étienne Mulier (active between 1900-1927). He is listed as "Professeur de Composition decorative", but it is not known where. Mulier won several medals at the Expositions Universelles of 1889 (of Eiffel Tower fame) and 1900, two of the most important world fairs of the late 19th century. In one alphabet the letters are made of flamingos. The last ten plates show sign boards and store fronts in Jugendstil style. Some light signs of use, a few, marginal stains; one plate (Plate 21) with a short, marginal tear, but, apart from some - mostly very mild - foxing (a bit stronger on Plate 26), generally in excellent condition. Not in Schneider-Henn, who records only his Peinture d'art nouveau.