[Rarebooks] fa: MAURICE LELOIR Theodore Cahu - RICHELIEU - 1905 (+ others in the "Collection d'Albums Historiques")

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, auctions ending Sunday, March 27. More details and images can be found at the URL below or by searching for the seller name arch_in_la.

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Ardwight Chamberlain

Theodore Cahu; Maurice Leloir, illustrator: Richelieu. Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne/Combet & Cie., 1904. First[?] edition. Folio (37.5 x 30 cm; 14 5/8 x 12 in.) in original green cloth with gilt-lettered spine and elaborate front cover illustration embossed in color and gilt, all page edges gilt; [4], iv, 84 pp.; chromolithograph illustrations.

A large-format, vividly illustrated depiction of the life of Cardinal Richelieu. With numerous full-page and double-page color chromolithographs, some over-printed with the text. The illustrator, Maurice Leloir (1853-1940), was later called to Hollywood to consult with Douglas Fairbanks on his film version of "The Man in the Iron Mask," an experience which inspired Leloir's memoir, Cinq mois a Hollywood avec Douglas Fairbanks (1929).

Plus several others in this series:

MAURICE LELOIR Gustave Toudouz - LE ROY SOLEIL - Folio/Chromolithos 1908

JOB & G. Montorgueil - LOUIS XI - Folio/Chromolithos 1905

ALBERT ROBIDA Gustave Toudouze - FRANÇOIS Ier - Folio/Chromolithos 1909

H. VOGEL & G. Montorgueil - HENRI IV - Folio/Chromolithos 1907

FRANCE, SON HISTOIRE - JOB & Georges Montorgueil - ca. 1900