Georges Courteline — La Vie de Caserne

Paris, Emile Testard, 1896. Leather. A smart copy of this illustrated satire from French writer Georges Courteline, in the original French. French language. Illustrated with six colour plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A charming satire from Georges Courteline, a French dramatist and novelist notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor. Illustrated by Henri Dupray, a French painter and illustrator. In the original half straight grained morocco with blue cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Henri Dupray. Near Fine .