Antique Book-ROBERT LE DIABLE-HANDCOLOURED LITHOGRAPH-Arnoux-Sandre-1927

Price: € 132,50

Subject: Paris: Les Arts et le Livre (Les Beaux Livres du Foyer). 8vo: xi, [i], 115, [v] pp. Original wrappers. The wrapper mistakenly has the publication date M.MC.XXVII (2127). Printed in an edition of 550 numbered copies (this 189).

Condition: Good, given age. Front cover detached and chipped. Spine and rear cover lacking. Frontispiece detached. The bookblock sound and clean.

Medium: 11 plates, a vignette on the title page and 10 chapter headbands, all handcoloured lithographs. Colourful and vibrant plates and decorations. Illustrations by: Guy Arnoux

Size (in cm): 8vo: 19 x 24 cm.

Size (in inch): 8vo: 7.49 x 9.46 inch.

Part Number: 55070

Location: ZL9a

Antique Book, titled: 'Histoire Merveilleuse de Robert le Diable', by: Thierry Sandre. The medieval legend of Robert the Devil, in a modern French retelling. The story is about a knight who finds out he is the devil's child.

Artists and Engravers: Author(s): Thierry Sandre. Thierry Sandre (=pseud. Charles Moulie) (Bayonne, 1891-1950) was a French writer, poet, essayist. Illustrated by: Guy Arnoux (Paris, 1886-1951, Ardon) was a French illustrator and graphic artist.