Rythme des Collines. Contes imériniens d'Alfred Chaumel. Eaux-fortes d'Urbain-Faurec
Rythme des Collines. Contes imériniens d'Alfred Chaumel. Eaux-fortes d'Urbain-Faurec
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1933
- Place of printing
- Tananarive
- Author
- Alfred Chaumel (Urbain Faurec, Illustrator) (Henri Gouraud Assoc, Iation Copy)
- Publishers
- Imprimerie des Arts Graphiques
- Keyword
- coleillus general gouraud madécasse malgache svv
- Dust jacket
- True
- Languages
- English
- Inscribed
- True
- First edition
- True
Description
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.
