Coming Down the Seine - With Many Wood Engravings

JM Dent & Sons, 1953, Good condition with dustwrapper

It is not surprising that Robert Gibbings, artist to his finger-tips, has chosen the Seine to follow Sweet Thames and his other river books. For the Seine comprises Paris, the natural heart of the artistic world. But when he undertook to navigate that quiet-sounding river, little did he dream what was in store for him, and the dangerous nature of his journey in a flimsy little boat on the flooded upper reaches of the river will be missed by none of his readers despite his light-hearted way of describing it. He has captured the `atmosphere' of Paris with effortless ease - Paris of the bridges, the pavement cafes, the art schools, and the ateliers, Paris of Montparnasse, `cité de tours les glories, cité de tous les dédains.' Recurring through the book are passages of descriptive writing of great beauty, rich in imagery. More than 50 wood engravings illuminate the pages...