C. Farrère - G. Arnoux - Thomas l'agnelet / Arnoux - Farrere - 1927

Guy ARNOUX - Claude FARRÈRE
A sumptuous edition of "Thomas the Young Goat" (Thomas l'Agnelet)
Published by Javal et Bourdeaux - Paris, 1927

Soft cover, in sheets under a cloth-covered slipcase with title and drawing pasted on the spine and a fitted box in cardboard
Magnificent illustrated edition with 18 original watercolors (protections by serpents) on full pages by Guy Arnoux, engraved by Raoul Serres and printed in 175 numbered copies on Arches vellum with the watermark of "la belle Hermine".
Our copy bears No. 72 and additionally includes:
- a second full-page illustration on p. 208 (Book V) – see photo no. 31
- a proof state of the illustration on p. 357 – see photo no. 38

The work is also illustrated with numerous vignettes, initial initials, and tailpieces.

One flaw in the slipcase, not serious.
Otherwise, a perfect copy, perfectly bound, paper very white, no foxing.

The author Claude Farrère (1876 - 1957) was a naval officer and French writer.
The tale recounts in the time of buccaneers around 1670 the glorious and wild adventures of Thomas l’Agnelet, born in Saint-Malo and captain of the Belle-Hermine.
Fights, plunder, orgies, and passionate love with the beautiful Andalusian Juana, flow through this story written by a marine academican.
Superbly illustrated by Guy Arnoux (1886 - 1951) French artist. His stroke is instantly recognizable: a black outline and broad flat areas, often created with stencil. He represents a new popular art, at once modern and traditional.
It is perhaps the last great French pictorial edition.

A very beautiful, relatively rare set.
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