The Martyrdom and Glory of French Art

ROSENTHAL, Léon. The Martyrdom and Glory of French Art. Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1916. First edition. 8vo, publisher's binding in blue cloth with gold titling impressed and woodcut vignette on front board depicting a Gothic capital. Decorated initials with scenes of war destruction, including the celebrated image of Reims Cathedral bombed. Work of great historical and documentary interest, published in the midst of the world conflict as testimony and denunciation of the damage inflicted by German artillery on French monuments. Rosenthal, art historian and future theorist of social art, composed this volume as an act of cultural resistance. Copy in good general condition with foxing and light traces of use consistent with age, solid binding.