Henry Detouche - Les péchés capitaux - 1900

Superb original edition of this collective work that illustrates the end-of-century vogue for moral and aesthetic explorations of universal themes, specifically the seven deadly sins, each addressed by a different writer or artist, from a perspective that is literary, philosophical, and visual.

The edition is distinguished by its bibliophilic character, with careful typography, ornaments, and illustrations that reflect the symbolist and decadent spirit of the era, where fascination with transgression and psychological analysis blends with a refined formal search.

The collection offers a gallery of texts and images that depict pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and laziness, not merely as religious faults but as archetypes of the human condition, revealing the tensions between Christian morality and artistic modernity.

Henry Detouche - The deadly sins - 1900 - Boudet
38 pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its original illustrated soft cover, with signs of use, wear on the spine and corners, superb color illustration on the front cover.

Good interior condition, work illustrated with 7 color plates by Henry Detouche.

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