Robida

ref. 57108 — E-147: Boivin & Cie Éditeurs. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Boivin & Cie éditeurs Paris France. 1909 82 pgs. Illustrated with 38 color lithographs. Bound in decorated cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Avant-propos page is detached from the binding otherwise the binding is tight and solid. Albert Robida 14 May 1848 – 11 October 1926 was a French illustrator etcher lithographer caricaturist and novelist. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of futuristic novels. In the 1900s he created 520 illustrations for Pierre Giffard's weekly serial La Guerre Infernale. EB; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Boivin & Cie Éditeurs hardcover