Job the Illustrator (1 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition as back page states published date as 1908 making it the first edition (another edition was published in 1933); with numerous full page chromotypogravure illustrations by Job (pseud. Onfray de Breville, Jacques-Marie Gaston); printing by Ruckert et Godde; "paper des papeteries du Pont-de-Cclaix"; 4to, book size: 9-1/2 x 12-1/2in; illustrations are of dolls enacting major moments of French history from the barbarian Gauls to Napoleon, full page (9-1/2x12-1/2in) illustrations are opposite the text pages in French (all the pages are individually hinged into book by the publisher); elaborate and colorful example of one of Job's less common and more fanciful titles; French text by G.Montorgueil; the book is tight, the spine has been replaced with a new deep blue cloth that matches the boards and gold lettering; rubbing and nicks to the original color pictorial boards; new endpapers; inteior pages have some rubbing and the first several pages have some small tears to edges; text pages are also browning & tears to edges but still attached and there are some previous tap marks at bottom of the text pages right inside where the pages are attached to spine; but overall the plates still have their brilliant coloring and in GOOD COND.…