Maurice Maindron / Guy Arnoux - St-Cendre - 1930

Fascinating numbered edition on Rives and illustrated with this historical and adventure novel that plunges the reader into France of the Ancien Régime, artfully blending historical reconstruction, romanitic intrigue, observation of manners, and reflection on the values of honor, courage, and fidelity -

Beautiful full-crimson morocco binding by Tévy -

The work features the character Saint-Cendre, a gentleman whose nobility of character, skill, bravery, and sense of duty lead him into a succession of trials where personal ambitions, political rivalries, and human passions constantly cross paths -

As the story unfolds, the hero evolves in a world dominated by court intrigues, military conflicts, duels, conspiracies, and changing alliances that characterize aristocratic society of the 17th and 18th centuries -

Maurice Maindron pays great attention to historical plausibility, accurately reconstructing the practices of the nobility, the codes of honor, ceremonies, costumes, weapons, lordly houses, fortified cities and the landscapes of old France -

Maurice Maindron / Guy Arnoux - St-Cendre - 1930 - Editions Mornay -
412 pages.

Good condition of the binding, the item in its full original crimson morocco, signs of wear, some defects/wear on the cover, wear at the bottom of the first cover, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, gilded lettering and author’s name, gilded edges framing the covers -

Good interior condition, rare foxing, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a beautiful color engraving, the work enriched with numerous and beautiful color illustrations both within and outside the text by Guy Arnoux, red double guard in very good condition, a pleasing numbered copy on Rives -

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