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Artist: Paul Jouve
From: Une Passion dans le Désert by Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Cottet-Dumoulin
Date: 1949
Description (translated from French): “Paul Jouve, the largest wildlife artist of the twentieth century. A Passion in the Desert is one of fifteen large animal books illustrated by Paul Jouve. The book includes twelve boards lavishly engraved color – three double page – black board placed at the end of volume and an engraved black bandeau top of every page, following repeated eight models. Framed by a red line, the text is printed in “Montaigne Body 24”. “
Source: Librairie Montés