Lettres De Mon Moulin
Paris: A. Ferroud et F. Ferroud, 1920. leather_bound. 302 pages in text. 20 x 13 cm. Limited edition, copy 11 of 30 on Japon ou velin d'Arches with an original water color drawing by Robaudi, watercolor illustrations in the text and additional illustrations in two states: black and white and watercolor, decorative letters by Fred Money. Alcide Theophile Robaudi, a protégé of Jean Leon Gerome, and a leading illustrator -- works of Dumas, George Sands, Balzac and Verlaine -- for the largest publishing houses in France. This work is a collection of short stories originally published 1869, early in Daudet's career. His creativeness resulted in characters that were real and also typical. This novel created his popularity with the French public. Bound by Rene Aussourd, inner dentelles, raised bands, marbled endpapers, contents very bright and fresh. Orig. green morocco, backstrip evenly sunned to brown. Aeg. Fine in fine marbled slipcase. Item #19584
Price: $995.00