Henry de Montherlant / Mariano Andreu - Le maitre de Santiago - 1948

Exciting exemplar on pure Lana chiffon and illustrated with beautiful black lithographs outside the text, including a frontispiece by Mariano Andreu -

Through this piece, the author explores the conflicts between religious faith, aristocratic honor, renunciation of material wealth, and human ambitions, staging a character deeply attached to his spiritual convictions -

The plot centers on Don Alvaro Dabo, an aging knight and master of the Order of Santiago, who leads an austere life entirely devoted to God and to his religious duties -

A former man of action who has known military glory, he has progressively renounced worldly ambitions and now regards wealth, honors, and enterprises of conquest as distractions that keep man from his true spiritual fulfillment -

Henry de Montherlant / Mariano Andreu - The Master of Santiago - 1948 - Les Presses de la Cité -
164 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, unbound in sheets in its full original inset cover with its gilt edge, under dust jacket, and publisher's slipcase, scuffs and small losses visible on the cover and the slipcase, spine smooth and titled -

Good interior condition, browning, a beautiful vignette on the title page, the work enriched with beautiful black lithographs outside the text including a frontispiece by Mariano Andreu, copy on pure Lana chiffon -

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