A collection of two books illustrated by Job. - Lot 28

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A collection of two books illustrated by Job. - Lot 28
A collection of two books illustrated by Job. 1/ - Montorgueil, Georges. - Let’s Play History: France Brought to Life Through the Toys of Two Little French Boys. Paris, Boivin, 1933. in-4, publisher’s cardboard binding, cloth spine, large color illustration on the front cover - [2 ff.], 3 pp.-, [31 ff.], 30 color illustrations by Job. First edition. Porcelain dolls, marionettes, tin soldiers, and wooden animals take the stage to reenact episodes from French history, featuring Charlemagne, Saint Genevieve, Frédégonde and Brunehaut, Joan of Arc, Henry IV, Richelieu, Louis XIV, and others. A fine copy. 2/ - Trogan, É. - *Les Mots historiques du Pays de France*. Second edition. Tours, Mame, 1896. Large quarto, publisher’s beige percaline, red cloth spine, elaborate decoration on the front cover, red edges, small stains near the clasps, scattered foxing - 91 pp., [1 p.], 20 plates, vignettes in the text, by Job. From Clovis—"God of Clotilde, save the Franks, and I will believe in you"—to President Carnot—"in our beloved France, there are no longer any political parties." A fine copy.
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