RODIN Le Festin D'Une Vie Unknown - 1997

Editions du Chêne, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Stains on the edge. Edition 1997. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Editions du Chêne, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book. Different cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Paris: Editions du Chene, 1997. Quarto. 191 pp; profuse color photographs & b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Hardcover with dustjacket, ribbon marker. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket with no rips or tears. SIGNED by photographer on half-title page. This book focuses on Auguste Rodin, the man: his childhood in Paris, learning the trade and his years in Brussels, attending artistic and literary circles, meeting with Camille Claudel, but also life in the villa with Rose Beuret, his girlfriend, and finally his life at the Hotel Biron, which became the Museum Rodin. By revealing aspects of both more intimate and anecdotal nature, we discover good living at family meals, lunches with friends at Meudon, his villa and lavish banquets offered in his honor. Rodin's correspondence, his notes and drafts, documents and testimonies abound with gastronomic allusions and tell us about his tastes and eating habits. Includes many recipes.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Leer más

Éditions Du Chêne, 1997. ( IN FRENCH - EN FRANÇAIS ) 192 pages; Cet ouvrage s'attache davantage à l'homme qu'à son oeuvre. Abondamment illustré en couleurs. Avec reproductions de notes et brouillons, documents et témoignages d'époque et allusions gastronomiques. -------- Livre à couverture rigide cartonnée avec jaquette un peu frottée. Le tout en très bon état.. Rigide. Bon/Bon. 4to. Livre.