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GIDE (André); ROMAINS (Jules); COLETTE; MAURIAC (François). LA GUIRLANDE des Années. Images d'Hier et Pages d'Aujourd'hui. Paris. 1941. - GIDE (André); ROMAINS (Jules); COLETTE; MAURIAC (François) LA GUIRLANDE des Années. Images d'Hier et Pages d'Aujourd'hui . Printemps, par André Gide; Été, par Jules Romains; Automne, par Colette; Hiver, par François Mauriac. Vingt-cinq chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature. Illustrations par Ernest Flammarion. Paris: Flammarion, 1941. 94 pp.; 265 mm. First and only edition, published as a Christmas ”livre d'étrennes” of 1941, during the Occupation. A luxurious work organized into four sections corresponding to the seasons of the year, each with an original text by one of the great names of French literature of the period: Spring, by André Gide; Summer, by Jules Romains; Autumn, by Colette; Winter, by François Mauriac. Each section is accompanied by color reproductions of medieval miniatures, mainly from 14th and 15th-century books of hours from the National Library of France – twenty-five in total, executed by Ernest Flammarion himself. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate