Anatole France / Serge Beaune - L'orme du mail - 1922

Magnificent edition in its magnificent Art Deco binding and illustrated notably with splendid color plates of this collection which is part of the cycle of works featuring Professor M. Bergeret, an ironic observer and critic of French society -

Book numbered 102 on Hollande vellum with its superb color suite on Hollande vellum of the line drawings -

The plot unfolds in the French provincial and university context, where the main character analyzes with finesse the political, social and intellectual tensions of his era -

The novel highlights ideological debates, academic rivalries and social hypocrisies that traverse the Third Republic, filtered through the skeptical and detached gaze of M. Bergeret -

The elm of the hedge, a symbolic element of the narrative, becomes an anchor around which discussions, reflections and observations on collective life and human passions are organized -

Through elegant and ironic writing, Anatole France develops a subtle critique of institutions and the illusions of knowledge, while giving his character a philosophical dimension marked by doubt and lucidity -

Anatole France / Serge Beaune - The Elm by the Hedge - 1922 - Simon Kra -
6)-311-(7) Pages.

Very good binding condition, volume in full leather with marbled bands at the center and outlined by gold fillets on the covers, slight signs of wear, gilt head, spine with raised bands adorned with colored bands superposed and framed by gold fillets, title and author’s name gilt at the tail -

Very good interior condition, title page printed in red and black, volume enriched with superb watercolours by Serge Beaune hors texte of which some in color, marbled endpapers in very good condition, beautiful copy -

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