FRANCE, Anatole (author). M.B. de MONVEL (illustrator). Nos Enfants. Scènes de la Ville et des Champs. Paris Librairie Hachette. [1919]
£50.00
4to.; original brown cloth-backed olive green pictorial boards; pp. [iv] + 25; with 12 additional full-page colour-printed plates in gentle tones and numerous text illustrations in line; an excellent copy, both externally and internally, with some shelf-wear to lower edges of boards and small rubbing to forecorners; internally very fresh throughout.
Early edition, first published in 1887. A charming collection of short prose pieces aimed at both children and adults, by the Nobel Prize-winning French writer Anatole France (1844-1924). They are observational vignettes depicting the everyday life of a late-nineteenth century French child in both urban and rural settings while exploring themes of innocence, family bonds and the passing of time.
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