Benjamin Rabier - Les Animaux en Liberté - 1921

Superbly illustrated edition featuring beautiful color plates of this vast animal theater where beasts, freed from human constraints, become the true actors of a social, moral, and satirical comedy -

The work gathers a sequence of independent scenes, richly illustrated with graphic richness, in which animals of all species live, work, play, quarrel, mislead themselves, help each other, and ridicule themselves like human beings. Rabier anthropomorphizes his characters without stripping them of their animal identity, which allows him to observe the flaws of society with a light and accessible irony -

Each tableau highlights a particular behavior: the vanity of the peacock, the craftiness of the fox, the naivety of some farm animals, gluttony, jealousy, ambition, fear, or solidarity. The situations are often comical and rest on role reversals, clumsiness, or miscommunications that provoke laughter while revealing a truth about human nature -

The album favors visual liveliness and rapid succession of gags over a continuous narrative, making it a gallery of characters and anecdotes -

Benjamin Rabier - The Animals in Freedom - 1921 - Garnier Frères -
50 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, landscape edition in its half red morocco, boards in cardboard, binding protected by a cellophane wrap, light signs of wear, covers somewhat worn, spine smooth, front board titled and prettily illustrated -

Very good interior condition, color title, book enriched with numerous and beautiful color illustrations out of the text, pleasant copy -

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