[JOB] - TROGAN (E.) - Les Mots historiques du pays de France - Lot 556

[JOB] - TROGAN (E.) - Les Mots historiques du pays de France. Tours, Alfred Mame et fils, 1915; in-4, 105 pp. publisher's boards, smooth cloth spine, front cover marouflé with illustrated page. Illustrated with watercolors by Job. Second edition. Jacques Onfroy de Bréville, known as Job, was a French cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator, born in 1858 in Bar-le-Duc and died in 1931 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His artist's name, "Job", is made up of the initial of his usual first name, Jacques, and the initials of his surname, Onfroy de Bréville. His best-known books include Murat, Le Grand Napoléon des petits enfants, Jouons à l'histoire, Louis XI, Napoléon, Bonaparte and Les Gourmandises de Charlotte. He also illustrated the life of Washington and made a name for himself in the United States. An artist full of verve and gaiety, he was a member of Les Humoristes and exhibited at Les Incohérents. His studio is reconstructed in the Metz museum. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY