La Guirlande Des Annees: Images D'hier et Pages D'anjourd 'hui
first edition Decorated Boards
1942 · Paris
by Flammarion, Ernest (editor)
Paris: Gaston Maillet and Co, 1942. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 88pp. 24 gorgeous full-page reproductions of classic miniatures to illustrate 4 short stories: Printemps, by Andre Gild; Ete, by Jules Romains; Automne by Colette; Hiver, by Francois Mauriac. This is a beautiful illustrated book: The emphasis is on the detailed miniatures reproduced here in full-page color plates. Interior clean and tight, without marks. Outer boards appear to be aged manuscript on surface; with decorated banners and scroll work with blue letters on spine. Two orange ribbons are missing. There is one bumped corner, and 1/2" cracks are starting on head and tail of spine. A marvelous collection of illustrations from the Middle Ages. (Inventory #: 007822)