Sand, George [Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin] — Histoire Du Veritable Gribouille

Paris, J. Hetzel et cie, 1920. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. There's something special often about children's books written in French, particularly if they are well illustrated. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound most handsomely in red cloth, with gilt and black lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine, black-embossed designs to rear cover, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Brilliant, colorful illustration in paper, inset to front cover. Engravings by Delaville, vignettes by Maurice Sand, and a particularly fetching black-and-white frontispiece of the young Gribouille. Else and withal, a quite lovely children's book in French. The author, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a leading novelist, poet and socialist of her day. Born on July 1, 1804, in Paris, France, having passed away on June 8, 1876, in her adopted village of Nohant, she is known particularly for publishing so-called rustic novels. This novel was first published in 1850.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine