Romain Rolland / Ansaldi - Colas Breugnon - 1972-1973
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Colas Breugnon by Romain Rolland with illustrations by Ansaldi, a two‑volume numbered illustrated edition in French (1972–1973), bound in full red morocco with blind tooling and gilt edges, in excellent condition.
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A charming, superbly illustrated and numbered set by Ansaldi, featuring a cheerful, witty, and deeply rooted 17th-century Burgundian craftsman who recounts his life with humor, wisdom, and a rebellious spirit.
The work celebrates popular vitality, attachment to simple pleasures, resistance to misfortune, and the strength of the individual in the face of the vicissitudes of history.
It illustrates the desire to restore an elegant materiality to a humanist text, by placing it within an editorial tradition that values both the literary content and the printed object.
Romain Rolland / Ansaldi - Colas Breugnon - 1972/73 - Volumes I and II - Pleasure of the Book -
183 + (8) AND 183 + (13) pages -
The bindings are in very good condition, the books are in their full red morocco leather bindings, blind-stamped in the style of Russian leather, in marbled slipcases, spines with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration, slight wear to the back cover of volume 1, gilt edge trims, gilt titles, gilt fillets framing the covers, pretty floral motifs and blind-stamped designs on the covers.
Excellent condition inside, beautiful color-engraved title page, books adorned with numerous color lithographs in and out of text, red marbled endpapers, fresh -
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A charming, superbly illustrated and numbered set by Ansaldi, featuring a cheerful, witty, and deeply rooted 17th-century Burgundian craftsman who recounts his life with humor, wisdom, and a rebellious spirit.
The work celebrates popular vitality, attachment to simple pleasures, resistance to misfortune, and the strength of the individual in the face of the vicissitudes of history.
It illustrates the desire to restore an elegant materiality to a humanist text, by placing it within an editorial tradition that values both the literary content and the printed object.
Romain Rolland / Ansaldi - Colas Breugnon - 1972/73 - Volumes I and II - Pleasure of the Book -
183 + (8) AND 183 + (13) pages -
The bindings are in very good condition, the books are in their full red morocco leather bindings, blind-stamped in the style of Russian leather, in marbled slipcases, spines with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration, slight wear to the back cover of volume 1, gilt edge trims, gilt titles, gilt fillets framing the covers, pretty floral motifs and blind-stamped designs on the covers.
Excellent condition inside, beautiful color-engraved title page, books adorned with numerous color lithographs in and out of text, red marbled endpapers, fresh -
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
2
Subject
Illustrated, Literature
Book Title
Colas Breugnon
Author/ Illustrator
Romain Rolland / Ansaldi
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1972
Publication year youngest item
1973
Height
33 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition, Numbered edition
Width
26.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Plaisir du Livre
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
387
