Alexandre Dumas / Claude Chopy - Les trois mousquetaires - 1946

Exciting numbered edition 448 on laid vellum, beautifully illustrated by Claude Chopy. This famous historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas tells the exploits of young d’Artagnan and his three companions in arms, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, in France under Louis XIII’s reign, at the beginning of the 17th century -

The story starts when d’Artagnan, an ambitious young Gascon, leaves his family to go to Paris with the desire to join the prestigious body of the king’s musketeers. Fiery, courageous and particularly touchy when it comes to defending his honour, the young man quickly becomes involved in a series of adventures that will transform his life -

Barely arrived in the capital, he challenges Athos, Porthos and Aramis to duels, not knowing that the three men are the famous musketeers to whom he will ultimately be bound by an indestructible friendship -

Alexandre Dumas / Claude Chopy - The Three Musketeers - 1946 - Volume I and II - Pouzet & Cie Editions -
413 and 410 Pages.

Good condition of the bindings, hardcover volumes in their full original gilded covers, under a common slipcase, wear from handling, some minor flaws on the slipcase, smooth spine, title, pagination and the author’s name in black -

Good interior condition, rare foxing, title pages printed in red and black and adorned with a beautiful color vignette, volumes enriched with beautiful illustrations in color both within and without the text by Claude Chopy, numbered copy 448 on laid vellum, text clean -

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