1930 · Paris
by Escholier, Raymond
Paris: Editions des Horizons de France, 1930. One of 300 on velin blanc de Rives, white wove paper from a total edition of 387. Page size: 7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in., 19 x 28.6 cm. Handsomely bound in 3/4 blue morocco and pastepaper boards, spine panelled title gilt, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, near fine. A handsome and effective gide to the Parisian lodgings of France's great Romantic writers and artists: Stendhal, Chateaubriand, Hugo, Balzac, A. de Vigny, G. de Nerval, Berlioz, A. de Musset, T. Gautier, Saint-Beuve, Merimee, Lamartine, Delacroix, A. Dumas. The Hungarian illustrator, Andor Szekeley de (von) Doba, captures the spirit of the picturesque past without sacrificing architectural accuracy. (Inventory #: 686)