Le Roy Soleil Toudouze Leloir Boivin 1917 Louis XIV Pictorial Boards French

by Gustave Toudouze

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ITEM SPECIFICS Condition: Good Format: Hardcover Book Special Notes: Gustave Toudouze, Le Roy Soleil, illustrated by Maurice Leloir. Boivin & Cie (Ancienne Librairie Furne), Paris; printed 15 December 1917 (achevé d'imprimer). Large-format pictorial boards — Louis XIV on horseback in gilt and colours — with colour plates and illustrated borders by Leloir throughout. Text in French. Gilt top edge. A CLOSER LOOK "I don't just flip items; I collect them. I know what it means to hunt for the right edition or a perfectly preserved piece." The Details: The life of Louis XIV told for young France, in the grand Furne/Boivin album format: Maurice Leloir — the great illustrator of the Three Musketeers — fills every spread with colour plates (Rocroy, the court at Versailles, the proclamation of the Duc d'Anjou) inside ornate engraved borders, under the most famous pictorial binding of the French children's book: the Sun King in gold against deep blue. This is the 1917 wartime printing, scarce in the US. CONDITION BREAKDOWN "I grade strictly so there are no surprises when you open the box." Exterior/Box: Pictorial front board bright and striking; plain blue back board clean; spine sound. Item/Media: Pages clean with the colour plates vivid; binding tight. Flaws: The spine foot is frayed/worn at the bottom corner (see photos), and the gilt top edge has dulled. No bookplate. THE BLUE BIRD STANDARD I'm building my reselling business on precision and transparency. When you buy from my shop,

• Publisher: Boivin & Cie
• Year: 1917
• Condition: Good

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