Daragnès - La Chanson de Roland - 1932

Superb signed exemplar, numbered 84, printed for Mr. Doctor Georges Rouhier and enriched with lithographs by Daragnès -

This work constitutes a remarkable bibliophilic reinterpretation of the most famous chanson de geste in French, a foundational piece of medieval literature that narrates with epic breadth the final battles of Roland, Charlemagne's nephew, during the expedition waged in Spain against the Saracens at the end of the 8th century -

Inspired by a historical fact – the ambush of the Frankish rearguard at Roncevaux Pass in 778 – the poem transforms this episode into a vast epic in which the ideals of Christendom, chivalry, feudal fidelity and heroic sacrifice contend -

The narrative opens with Charlemagne’s long campaign in Spain, where the emperor, after several years of victorious conquests, meets only one resistance left, that of the Saracen king Marsile of Zaragoza, who feigns seeking peace in order to prepare a betrayal more effectively -

Daragnès - The Song of Roland - 1932 - Hippocrate et ses Amis -
335 Pages.

Good binding condition, the work in paperback in its full original dust jacket, within the publisher's cardboard slipcase, small stains and light signs of use, smooth spine titled -

Very good interior condition, red title, charming initials, work enriched with lithographs by Daragnès, signed exemplar, numbered 84 printed for Mr. Dr. Georges Rouhier, relatively fresh inner pages -

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