COOPER - LES PIONNIERS [PIONEERS] engravings by Andriolli

COOPER FENIMORE

LES PIONNIERS [THE PIONEERS].

Dessins de M. Andriolli; Gravure de M.J. Huyot

Paris 1885, pp. [6], 488, pp . plates [12] illustrated, 140 illustrations in text; format 18.5x27.5 cm

HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING, PERIOD. FLAT SPINE WITH GILT. MARBLED PAPERBOARD. CARD TRIMS SPOTTED

The famous adventure novel by J. F. Cooper [1789-1851], a classic of this literary genre, illustrated by Michal Elviro Andriolli [1836-1893], who, already well established as an artist, worked in Paris from 1883 to 1886 for the Firmin-Didot publishing house, gaining recognition and popularity among French and European literary lovers. Andriolli's drawings were engraved by Jules Huyot.

DB condition/ characteristic rust spots, stronger in places