Édouard Estaunié - L'appel de la route - 1928

Édouard Estaunié - The Call of the Road
Illustrations by Pierre Rousseau

Paris, Henri Cyral, 1928, Collection Française No. 15. In-8. Color illustrations by Pierre Rousseau, in text and out of text. Limited edition of 1,021 copies, of which 970 copies are numbered on Rives vellum (this one bearing No. 458).
Lovely black half-binding with corners. Work of binder to keep only two cords, in square shapes. Title, author and date on the back. Some rubbing and losses as visible in the photos (particularly at the upper cap). Covers and spine preserved. Upper edge gilded.

Beautiful illustrated edition of L’Appel de la route, a novel by Édouard Estaunié (1862-1942), first published by Perrin in 1922.

The novel opens with the reunion, after World War I, of three former childhood companions whose trajectories have diverged. Their narratives ultimately reveal that they have, each on their own, witnessed different facets of the same story.

Beautiful illustrated and numbered edition, characteristic of Henri Cyral’s bibliophilic productions.