Le Livre des Enfants.
Paris: Garnier Frères, 6 Rue Saints-Pères, imp. 30th August 1924, G. Desgrandchampes, Paris, 1st (L'Arche de Noë, 1925 "en préparation"); imp. Eugènie; coloured illustrations on almost every page; 9.5x13.5"; 24.5x31.5cm; 48pp plus a 4 page Garnier catalogue that functions as the free endpapers. French language hardback tall.
Lovely poems addressed to and about children by a French actress and writer (1786 - 1859) admired by Balsac, but also by Rimbaud and above all Verlaine. Hellé's illustrations for this book carry out the sweetness and simplicity of the poems.
CONDITION: Good; book is straight and tight with clean boards, but corners and edges very rubbed; all lower areas of pages lightly foxed., pencil checks (erased, but visible) on one poem, light page soil on most corners. Item #22080
Price: $90.00