Here are a couple of great high res scans from Sarcoptiform’s excellent Flickr stream. Emilienne and Emmanuelle are apparently French books from 1968. I can’t find any more information on them.
The title face looks like Clarendon to me; one of the better uses I’ve seen, particularly on the Emmanuelle cover. And that black background would make a great texture for all sorts of applications. Sharpen > Desaturate, Levels > Select Color Range, or just use in blending mode.
Update: According to Blo in the comments: “Emmanuelle and Emilienne were erotic best sellers, and Emmanuelle was also a film. 10x18cm is the size of the pocket book. It was and still is a collection of novel paperback.”
Via Sarcoptiform
Hi Scott,
for Emmanuelle it was an erotic best seller (I guess Emilienne is erotic too), and a film. 10 18 is the size of the pocket book (in centimeter…). It was and still is a collection of novel paperback.
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Thanks for the info Blo, post updated…
google ‘Emmanuelle’ 🙂
the movies are real famous (b-)classics in Europe
Hey, many thanks for this post. I bought these in Paris last year at a vintage poster and book shop. I had no idea what they were (don’t really read French) but the the cover designs caught my eye.
Love your blog and your music!