Eugène Fromentin/Berthold Mahn - Dominique - 1935

Eugène Fromentin/Berthold Mahn - Dominique published by Hartmann editions in 1935

Very beautiful copy on Lafuma pure filament vellum, numbered 691 out of 2000.

Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876) is a famous Orientalist painter and a talented writer.
His only novel, Dominique, is considered a masterpiece of psychological novel, exploring the melancholy and passions of an impossible love.

The hero is a melancholic man who recalls his youth and his love for Madeleine, his cousin married to another. The story is a profound and delicate analysis of repressed feelings and resignation in the face of passion.

Berthold Mahn, the illustrator, was a French painter, draftsman, and illustrator recognized for his delicate watercolors and drawings that are part of a realistic and poetic tradition. He dedicated a significant part of his career to luxury publishing, skillfully illustrating classics such as Fromentin, Flaubert, and Stendhal.

Beautiful antique binding with a slipcase.


277 pages