robida albert illustrator (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Not present. Vuil en gedeeltelijk ontnaaid French Roman d?anticipation et d?aventures aériennes, À l?assaut du ciel plonge le lecteur au c?ur des débuts héroïques de l?aviation. Dans un monde fasciné par les progrès techniques, des pilotes intrépides rivalisent d?audace et d?ingéniosité pour repousser les limites du vol humain. Entre compétitions spectaculaires, exploits téméraires et dangers imprévus, l?ouvrage mêle récit palpitant et observation amusée des rêves ? et des folies ? que suscite la conquête du ciel naissante, le tout rehaussé par les illustrations vivantes d?Albert Robida.

Rabelais, François (between 1483-94 - 1553). Oeuvres de Rabelais. 2 vols. [4], viii, 494, [2]; [4], 484pp. 42 plates, some in color; text illustrations, by Albert Robida (1848-1926). Paris: Librairie Illustrée, [1885-86]. 313 x 227 mm. Original publisher's binding of red cloth elaborately stamped in blue, black and gilt, signed "Engel rel." in the binding; slipcase. Slight edgewear, hinges a trifle weak, traces of bookplate removal on front endpapers of both volumes, but a fine example with the covers clean and bright. First Robida Edition. Robida, an illustrator and caricaturist, provided the artwork for this famous edition of the works of Rabelais, including the design for the striking publisher's binding. .

A superb rendition of the temptations familiar to bibliophiles. A collector, seated on the library steps of a well-stocked Parisian book shop is assailed on all sides by monsters and mythical birds and animals offering books in irresistible bindings. This is a characteristic biblio-fantasy by Robida, best known for his futuristic graphic science fictions, such as Le Vingtième Siècle (1883), La Guerre au vingtième siècle (1887) and Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (1890)Dorbon-Ainé, founded by Louis Dorbon in 1900 was a major Parisian bookshop and publisher, trading in the early twentieth century from the prominent Left Bank location at 53 quai des Grands Augustins. As booksellers, Dorbon specialised in esoteric and occult literature but also published the works of authors such as Xavier Marcel Boulestin, Maurice Des Ombiaux, Claude Farrère, Camille Saint-Saëns, and René Boylesve as well as Jules Lemaître, Claude Debussy, Francis de Miomandre, and the comtesse de Noailles. Etched print on paper (160 × 124 mm, sheet size 194 × 132 mm). Printed in bluish ink. Very minor creasing, pinholes to upper blank corners, but an excellent example.