H. Wallon - Jeanne d'Arc - 1876

Charming illustrated edition enriched notably by 14 hors-texte chromolithographs under tissue guards and a large color folding map of this historical study devoted to the figure of the Maid of Orleans, which combines critical scholarship and patriotic exaltation -

Wallon, historian and academician, here unfolds a methodical inquiry based on medieval sources, chronicles and judicial documents, in order to accurately reconstruct the trajectory of Jeanne, from her childhood in Domrémy to her trial and martyrdom -

H. Wallon - Jeanne d'Arc - 1876 - Firmin-Didot et Cie -
XII + 556 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full red cloth binding adorned with publisher's ornament, light signs of wear, beautiful gilded edges, smooth spine nicely decorated, gilded title and author's name, superb golden motifs covering the boards -

Good interior condition, light browning, pretty headbands, lovely initials, title page printed in red and black, work enriched with very numerous black engravings in the text and 14 hors-texte chromolithographs under tissue guards and a large color folding map, these engravings after the monuments of art from the fifteenth century to our days, blue endpapers prettily adorned with gold lilies, ex-libris -

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