Alphonse daudet trans by laura ensor (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Not applicable. 2nd Edition. 199 pages with illustrations, some full page throughout by Picard & Montégut. uncut edges, top edge gilt, TEG, original two-tone cloth boards patterned endpapers, pencil inscription on half title, boards have some handling and pale splash mark on back board, contents very good. Small octavo. *Published in 1888 and limited to 1000 copies this 2nd edition has the illustrations which were not in the French edition until 1891. Synopsis: Robert Helmont breaks his leg on the day of the start of the war. Unable to flee to Paris ahead of the advancing "Saxons", he decides to hide in an hermitage deep in the Sénart woods. For the next 5 months he has a series of adventures, as told by Daudet in colorful and naturalistic prose. Historically accurate details about costume, architecture, food and mannerisms provide an excellent painting of the time. Hot air balloons, messenger pigeons and late night cut-throat murders lend the novel an air of high adventure, mixed with a love of nature and solitude. Senart was used by him in "Jack" as were several of the characters. Picard and Montégut. (illustratore).…