Lot n° 74
Estimation :
200 - 250
EUR
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Result
: 600EUR
Albert ROBIDA illustrateur
The Infernal War by Pierre Giffard. Illustrations by Robida. Albert Méricant éditeur, Paris 1908 ; two large volumes in-8, paper boards (rubbed on edges), illustrated with a composition in colours, vignette on the second plate, half red chagrinned cloth. Series of 30 issues appearing every Thursday. First issue on January 18, 1908, last issue on August 16, 1908, totaling 951 pages with 30 illustrated covers in color (some foxing on the spines). 495 illustrations in black and white in-text.
Extraordinary adventure novel, of a war on a world scale, where battles will be fought on land, in the air and under the oceans, illustrated with prophetic drawings by Robida, with an innovative military arsenal, aerial ships, flying fortresses, aerobars, crab-men, machines capable of freezing rivers, silent electric rifles, wave beams exploding gunpowder at a distance, etc, a whole arsenal of mass destruction to bring about the apocalypse. Attached to the copy is a pen and ink drawing before reduction (33x25 cm) signed A. Robida, captioned in pencil "ce fut une explosion effroyable" to illustrate page 76
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