Les cathédrales de France. Avec cent planches inédites hors texte.
Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840 – Meudon 1917)
Category
Books
Date
1914
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3097546
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], cix, [3], 164 p., [100] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28cm. Loosely inserted: [p.7] pp.923-934 from Revue des deux mondes concerning L'oeuvre de Rodin, by Robert de la Sizeranne; [at p.cxi] pp.879-882 from unknown source, featuring article on Rodin by André Pératé, and Compliments slip of Jonathan Cape, London, Thirty Bedford Square. Two obituaries of Rodin are affixed to the last page, with a further cutting announcing his death affixed below the Table des matieres, and another cutting below it with headline: Huns claim Rodin! Provenance: manuscript authorial inscription in pencil on title page: A Lady Sackville Auguste Rodin. Binding: Printed paper covers, very worn. Pencil manuscript on cover: [?] / A Rodin
Makers and roles
Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840 – Meudon 1917) Charles Morice (1861-1919)