Memoirs of a Proper Young Man
Les Mémoires d'un jeune homme rangé
Author: Tristan Bernard
Year: 1899
Description: Tristan Bernard was a playwright, novelist, journalist, and lawyer who wrote for the théâtre de boulevard, a genre meant to entertain middle-class audiences on Sunday afternoons. He had a sharp eye for the ridiculous and keen tendency to deflate pompous characters.
Although much admired for his quick-witted plays, this novel was greatly appreciated by his contemporaries. Early editions include illustrations by Hermann-Paul.
Publisher: A. Fayard
Annees d'Aventures
Author: Alfred Capus
Year: 1903
Description: Alfred Capus began his adult life as the sensible son of a Marseille lawyer. He studied engineering in Paris. In time, he was drawn instead to journalism and later the arts. Yet his scientific training was never far behind. His first published work was an obituary for Charles Darwin.
This novel was first published in 1885 and its theme was existential freedom. In this regard, it owes heavily to the work of Henrik Isben. It went through several printings and Hermann-Paul illustrated the 1903 edition.
Publisher: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle
- 11, Rue de Grenelle
- Editor: Eugene Fasquelle
Les Maitres Humoristes no. 9
Author: René Georges Hermann-Paul
Year: 1907
Description: Le Rire Editor Felix Juven released compilations of his most prominent artists in book form. Number nine featured the work of Hermann-Paul.
It is a large volume of roughly 400 drawings, most in black or sepia. Several span the full frame while most pages feature two to four illustrations.
Publisher: Librairie Félix Juven
- Société d'édition et de publications
- 122 Rue Réaumur à Paris
Les Lais, le Testament et les Poées diverses
Author: François Villon
Year: 1922
Description: François Villon was a Fifteenth Century poet, thief and vagabond whose work remained in print for centuries. Hermann-Paul illustrated this 1922 edition for Léon Pichon
Publisher: Léon Pichon
- 5 Rue Christine, Paris (1922)
- 1 vol. (CVIII p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Mitsou, ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Year: 1926
Description: Originally published in 1919 as part of the "Maitres et jeunes d Aujourd hui" series. The book contains 16 illustrations by Hermann-Paul. The cover is from a portrait drawing of a nude woman by Dignimont.
Publisher: Arthème Fayard & Cie, Paris
Les Transatlantiques
Author: Abel Hermant
Year: 1927
Description: An American family vacations in France. Humor arises from their failure to understand the locals and vice versa. First published in 1897, it was adapted to for film in 1928. Illustrations based on the watercolors of Hermann-Paul. 316pp.
Publisher: Albin Michel
- 22 rue Huyghens, Paris
Le Calvaire
Author: Octave Mirbeau
Year: 1928
Description: Le Calvaire is an autobiographical novel in which Mirbeau chronicles a ruinous affair with a woman of dubious morals. Humiliated by his lover, the main character attempts to transform his suffering into an impulse for creativity. Originally published in 1886, Hermann-Paul illustrated this 1928 edition.
Publisher: Paul Ollendorff
- 28 bis, Rue de Richelieu, Paris
Le génie et les fumisteries du divin
Author: Henry de Montherlant
Year: 1929
Description: Title page by Hermann-Paul Montherlant died of an accute self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in 1972.
Publisher: Nouvelle Société édition
- 101 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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