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Reims: la cathédrale

Illustrator Edouard-García Benito Spanish
Author Robert Burnand French
Publisher Berger-Levrault, Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg French

1918

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This book follows a young French soldier who, after witnessing the bombing of Reims Cathedral, charges German soldiers to avenge its destruction. Gravely injured, he is sent to a hospital. There, during a feverish dream, he is visited by an angel representing the spirit of the cathedral, who relays the history of the church and its deep connections to the French people. The soldier wakes to find the angel assuming the form of his nurse.

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Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Reims: la cathédrale, Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981), Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

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Title: Reims: la cathédrale

Illustrator: Edouard-García Benito (Spanish, 1891–1981)

Author: Robert Burnand (French, 1882-1953)

Publisher: Berger-Levrault, Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg , Nancy

Published in: Paris

Date: 1918

Medium: Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Dimensions: Overall: 11 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 5/8 in. (29.2 x 35.2 x 1.6 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1959

Accession Number: 59.644.7

Chronology

France, 1900 A.D.-present

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