FRANCE — BUENOS AIRES, 1945 - Lot 104

FRANCE — BUENOS AIRES, 1945 France. With sixty-five color plates. Buenos Aires, Ediciones Victoria, 1945. Large quarto, paperback, cream-colored cover illustrated with a color reproduction and gold-stamped title; 65 black-and-white photographs in the text. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM PUBLISHED IN BUENOS AIRES IN 1945 AS A TRIBUTE TO FRANCE AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II. The book combines texts and photographs of French landscapes, cities, villages, and rural life. Of particular note is a text by Jules Supervielle, a Franco-Uruguayan writer closely connected to the literary world of Buenos Aires. Condition: shows signs of use; cover is yellowed and slightly soiled, corners and caps are scuffed, with some foxing and yellowing inside.