Symbolist Work, Etienne Moreau-nélaton - The Great Saints Of Little Children

Bound book, strong cardboard cover, composed of 20 lithographed plates. First edition of 1896, edited by Léon Chailley, Paris. Good condition, some small foxing and tiny tears. “Legends are the poetry of history (…) A breviary for both simple souls and delicate spirits, an evangelical and often angelic story too, this book is par excellence the book of the heart. » E.M. N. Normalien, historian and art collector, painter, lithographer, ceramist, donor, biographer, heritage curator, heir: sketches in a few words the portrait of this multidisciplinary, talented and cultured artist, author of this very beautiful work hagiographic with symbolist characters. Each original lithographed plate features a particular saint accompanied by a text by the artist interpreted with a poetic and biographical pen. “The Jordan, for a moment lazy and sleepy, lingers in thin silt streams, which wind through the fragrant laurel bushes. » They include: Saint Christophe, Jacques, Marthe, Geneviève, Denis, Martin, Barbe, Hubert, Fiacre, François d'Assise, Saint Louis, Roch, Radegonde, Vincent de Paul, Yves, Sébastien, Rémi, Madeleine and Nicolas.