Rythme des Collines. Contes imériniens d'Alfred Chaumel. Eaux-fortes d'Urbain-Faurec
by Alfred Chaumel (Urbain Faurec, illustrator) (Henri Gouraud association copy)
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- Paperback
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- first
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About This Item
Tananarive: Imprimerie des Arts Graphiques, 1933. ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES ON PAPER MADE IN MADAGASCAR, OF THIS LIVRE D'ARTISTE PRINTED IN MADAGASCAR. Illustrated with 12 full-page hors-texts etchings by notable printmaker Urbain-Faurec. From an edition limited to 215 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE MADAGASCAR WOVE PAPER. This is furthermore a presentation copy with a 5-LINE SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM CHAUMEL TO GENERAL HENRI GOURAUD (1867-1946), a leading military figure both in French Africa and during World War I (at the time this book was published, he was governor general of Paris). Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Housed in original folding case covered in cloth from Madagascar. A little foxing (as with virtually all books born in the tropics), else FINE AND BRIGHT. The deluxe edition, on Madagascar paper, is extremely rare.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38940
- Title
- Rythme des Collines. Contes imériniens d'Alfred Chaumel. Eaux-fortes d'Urbain-Faurec
- Author
- Alfred Chaumel (Urbain Faurec, illustrator) (Henri Gouraud association copy)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Imprimerie des Arts Graphiques
- Place of Publication
- Tananarive
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- coleillus general gouraud madécasse malgache svv
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