[HOFER] - FRANCE (Anatole) - Le lys rouge. Paris, Éditions A - Lot 939

[HOFER] - FRANCE (Anatole) - Le lys rouge. Paris, Éditions Athêna, 1947; in-folio, 271 pp. in sheets, printed cover, in slipcase. Numbered copy. Anatole France was a writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. He accompanied the Third Republic both as a writer and as a literary critic. He took part in the request for a review of the Dreyfus trial. Anatole France was socially aware, close to the SFIO, but critical of the Communist Party. He published numerous works. Edition decorated with hors-texte compositions and colored lettrines based on original drawings by Andre Hofer. Good condition. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY