LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE
by FRANCOISE
Price: $1,200.00
- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 16123
- Book condition: 1
- Illustrator: FRANCOISE
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1931
Book Description
1931. 1. (FRANCOISE)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Paris: Jardin des Modes no date [1931]. Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4"), printed on cloth, slightest of cover soil, near Fine. One of the first BATIK printed books (using vegetable dyes) this features Francoise's charming, stylized full color illustrations on every page. Quite scarce and certainly ususual. Bader (p.52) calls this book "a minor work of art" and adds that Francoise's sense of space and composition is strongest in this book. (pictured on Bader p. 53). A nice copy.
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