Boylesve / Paul-Émile Bécat - Les Bains de Bade - 1958

A superb illustrated edition with beautiful original drypoints by Paul-Émile Bécat, numbered on Rives, of this novel in which the author, faithful to his delicate and psychological style, explores manners and feelings in the worldly, spa-town setting of the city of Baden-Baden, a resort and social gathering place at the turn of the twentieth century.

The text, marked by a fine eye for behavior and writing imbued with subtlety, stages romantic intrigues, rivalries and desires that unfold in the hushed atmosphere of the baths, while revealing the fragility of passions and the comedy of conventions -

Boylesve / Paul-Émile Bécat - The Baths of Baden - 1958 - Editions du Baniyan
205 pages

Very good condition of the binding; the work is in loose sheets under a folded sleeve and in a double publisher’s box, with slight signs of wear, the edges dulled, and the spine smooth and titled.

Very good interior condition, title page printed in red and black, the work enriched with beautiful original drypoints by Paul-Émile Bécat, numbered edition limited to 550 copies, one of 350 on Rives (no. 533) featuring the final state of Bécat's original illustrations in the first printing.

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