Auction № 98 | Auction 98

Segur S. Segur S. Le General Dourakine. Par Mme Le Comtesse De Segur nee Rostopchine. Ouvrage illustre de 100 vignettes par E.Bayard. Paris, ., 375 pp., 41 illustrations on separate sheets. Publisher's binding with gold embossing on the spine and top cover

Lot: № 98

Year: 1904
Size: 11.5x18cm
Technique: librairie Hachette et Cie

Descripton: Condition: stains. / Book of the famous Bibliotheque Rose Illustree series. Debunking male greatness in some of her novels, Countess de Segur reaches almost the point of grotesquery: the man appears to her as a weak-minded, plump god. This is her famous hero, General Durakin from the novel General Durakin. Durakin, with his constant whip, became a brilliant embodiment of Russian excess. / The novel was banned in Russia personally by the Tsar!

Valued price 2500 rub.