Octave Pradels — L&Apos;Eternel Cotillon

Paris, Louis-Michaud, [1907]. Leather. A leather bound copy of this illustrated collection of miscellaneous essays by Octave Pradels. A leather bound copy of Octave Pradels' collection of essays, with illustrations by Leon Lebegue. Published in French. Pradels was a French poet, novelist, and vaudevillist whose work often espouses the chauvinist and revanchist thinking that was prevalent in France following the Franco-Prussian War. In a quarter cloth binding over pattern boards. Externally, sound. Lightly rubbed to the boards, with a little discolouration towards the fore edge. A little rubbed to the spine, particularly at the head and tail. Rubbed to the joints, with a two-inch crack to the front joint at the tail of the spine. The front and rear hinges are starting, but firm. Pages are lightly age-toned, with sporadic patches of light foxing. Good . Ill.: Léon Lebègue. Good .