{"product_id":"ccccc","title":"1846 Phénomènes de la Nature by Jules de Marlès | French Pictorial Cartonnage Romantique","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhénomènes de la Nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Jules de Marlès, published in Paris and Limoges by Martial Ardant Frères in 1846. Third edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautiful example of nineteenth-century French decorative publishing, presented in an elaborate publisher’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecartonnage romantique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with a striking pictorial scene inset into the front board.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe binding is richly embossed and decorated in pale blue and gold, with elaborate floral, foliate and architectural ornament surrounding a large chromolithographic vignette depicting an artist at his easel in a gallery or studio. The rear board continues the ornate embossed decoration with a central radiating design, while the spine is similarly decorated in gilt and pale blue and bears the publisher’s series title, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliothèque Religieuse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Martial Ardant Frères imprint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by French historian and author Jules Lacroix de Marlès, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhénomènes de la Nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was intended as an instructive exploration of remarkable phenomena and curiosities of the natural world. The volume considers unusual landscapes, geological formations, atmospheric phenomena, remarkable trees and other natural wonders, combining nineteenth-century natural history with the moral and religious perspective characteristic of French educational literature of the period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA handwritten presentation inscription to the front pastedown, dated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 June 1850\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which provides an early provenance just four years after publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParis \u0026amp; Limoges: Martial Ardant Frères, 1846. Third edition. French language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn especially attractive and increasingly scarce survival in this elaborate form. A highly decorative addition to a collection of 19th-century French bindings, Victorian-era gift books, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecartonnages romantiques\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Bee Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55036863906091,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/7086\/5251\/files\/IMG_6163.jpg?v=1787153032","url":"https:\/\/honeybeemill.com\/products\/ccccc","provider":"Honey Bee Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}