Gard 30 cp

1946 · 1446 — Neuchatel & Paris: Ides et Calendes 1946. Limited Edition. Near fine. Henri Matisse. 8vo; 7 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches 182 x 136 mm; frontispiece reproducing a map of part of Paris originally hand-drawn in pencil by the author; rubricated title chapter initials and page numbers. Handsomely rebound in black morocco with Deco design of front cover blind and gilt tooling with a red calf inset raised bands gilt titles t.e.g. patterned end-papers paper covers and backstrip bound in; binding square and solid; front cover expertly reattached; scattered foxing especially on preliminaries. Copy numbered 701 on limitation page out of 1500 on verge blanc from a total issue of 1566. This is the 5th book in a series "Collection du Fleuron" where the paper covers are embellished with a vignette drawn by Henry Matisse. <br /> <br /> BNF32424793. Roger Martin du Gard 1881 - 1958 was a French novelist winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature. Trained as a paleographer and archivist he brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for detail and because of his concern with documentation and the relationship of social reality to individual development his fiction has been linked with the realist and naturalist traditions of the 19th century. Vieille France was first published by Gallimard in 1933 and was translated into English as The Postman. Ides et Calendes unknown