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L'Illustration. Rare réunion reliée de numéros concernant la littérature

Paris [Circa 1920-1930], 28,5x37cm, deux volumes reliés.

First Edition. Binders half shagreen eggplant corners, back with five nerves imaged uniformly decorated with gilt, speckled heads. Important assembly of many issues around the literature. The two volumes are primarily concerned with "romantic Sites", that is to say the homes of writers and the places which inspired the poems and their intrigues. The panel of authors treated is quite broad: Ronsard, Rabelais, Montaigne, Pascal, La Fontaine, Racine, Voltaire, Rousseau, Baudelaire, Zola, the Goncourt, Loti, Proust ... A very interesting article in the beginning of the second volume entitled "Impressions of a short old bibliophile" by Louis Barthou, illustrated with numerous reproductions of bindings, as well as shipments of authors. Many artistic collaborations Schmied, Montagnà Rene Lelong, Camille Bartholomew, Henry Scheffer, Hansi, Paul Jouve, and Clarence Gagnon particular. Our copy has extensive off-text on heavy paper, and many photographs of different places treaties. The illustration is a French weekly magazine published from 1843 to 1944 which reached no less than 5293 numbers. This publication - which claimed general - remained quite famous for the wealth of information it represents, as well as for its abundant iconography. To celebrate the publication of the first edition, March 4, 1843, its editors, Charton, Joanne, and Paulin Dubochet, indeed write: "How written, even the best descriptions are pale, lifeless, still incomplete and difficult to understand compared to the same representation of things. " --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!