Théodore Cahu / Paul de Sémant - Histoire du chevalier Bayard racontée à mes enfants - 1898

First edition of this album from the series Heroes of France told to children, written by Théodore Cahu (1854-1928).
This work is devoted to the Knight Bayard and is illustrated with numerous and magnificent monochrome or lithographed compositions in black and colorized by stenciling, by Paul de Sémant,
Paris, Société d'Édition et de Librairie, without date [1897]
In-4 at the Italian style, 33.2 x 25.3 cm, publisher's binding, full red percaline, beveled boards, upper board illustrated with a polychrome and gilt composition representing the Knight Bayard in armor, title and edges gilded
Binding: Souze et Engel.
Illustrations: 43 compositions in text and plates in color and in duotone.
Number of pages: 77 pp.
Weight: 1435 g.