Anatole France / Maurice Lalau - Le Chanteur de Kymé - 1923

A superb numbered copy 603 on fine Arches tinted vellum and illustrated with fine color plates by Maurice Lalau. This historical and philosophical tale that plunges the reader into ancient Greece to evoke the relationships between art, beauty, glory, memory, and the fragility of human works - Through the character of the singer of Cyme, Anatole France composes a work where antique legend becomes the vehicle for a deep reflection on the power of poetry and on the fate of artists confronted with the passage of time - The action unfolds in the ancient Greek world, among the cities of Asia Minor where music, poetry and heroic tales occupy an essential place in cultural and religious life - The hero, a singer from Cyme, possesses exceptional talent for poetry and song, arts considered by the Greeks as a means of approaching the divine, of preserving the memory of heroes and transmitting to future generations the great deeds of men - Anatole France / Maurice Lalau - Le Chanteur de Kymé - 1923 - A. Ferroud & F. Ferroud - 56 Pages. Very good binding condition, book bound in its full original soft cloth-covered cover, with light signs of wear, some minor defects on the cover, headcaps and corners a bit worn, speckled edges, smooth spine titled, as well as the first board, a pretty black motif at the center of the rear board - Very good interior condition, title page printed in blue and black and adorned with a fine vignette, work enriched with fine color plates by Maurice Lalau, including a frontispiece and a few full-page plates, a pleasing copy numbered 690 on fine Arches-tinted vellum (no. 603 on Arches vellum), text clean, interior rather fresh - Delivery service available within a few days –

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