Nantes Old Nantais Carnivals 1930

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Nantes Old Nantais Carnivals 1930

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BELFOND, Jean
Old Nantes carnivals. Preface by Gaëtan Rondeau

Rondeau Nantes: Armorican printing house, 1930. In-8° square. XVIII-196 pp. (in-text illustrations including 4 plates) + color frontispiece + 22 out-of-text plates First edition printed in 365 named copies numbered and signed by the author (ex. n°61 on pure Lafuma thread) paperback (illustrated filled cover, cuts on the back), 19 x 25 cm, illustrations by A. de Broca, Bernard Roy, Daah, H.-M. Bouyer and Chassé.
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 Preface. By way of introduction I. From the Gallo-Roman Saturnalia to the Council of Nantes in 1431 II. Masquerades Until 1797: From Italy, the « masquarades » come to us The 18th century balls at Bignon-Lestard The pharaoh and the thirty-and-forty at the time of Carnival The infamous masquerade of February 7, 1745 Yes, he there was a Carnival under the Revolution Suppressed in year V, the balls were reestablished « to relieve humanity » Under the Consulate and the Empire: the pleasure of dancing III. The Great Period of the Nantes Carnival: The balls in the city and in the suburbs Mask parties and masked cavalcades The battles of oranges The political carnival Under the Second Empire The patriotic carnival of 1872 Carnival continues The end of the battles of oranges…

Rondeau Nantes: Armorican printing house, 1930. In-8° square. XVIII-196 pp. (in-text illustrations including 4 plates) + color frontispiece + 22 out-of-text plates First edition printed in 365 named copies numbered and signed by the author (ex. n°61 on pure Lafuma thread) paperback (illustrated filled cover, cuts on the back), 19 x 25 cm, illustrations by A. de Broca, Bernard Roy, Daah, H.-M. Bouyer and Chassé.  Preface. By way of introduction I. From the Gallo-Roman Saturnalia to the Council of Nantes in 1431 II. Masquerades Until 1797: From Italy, the « masquarades » come to us The 18th century balls at Bignon-Lestard The pharaoh and the thirty-and-forty at the time of Carnival The infamous masquerade of February 7, 1745 Yes, he there was a Carnival under the Revolution Suppressed in year