£60 - £120
Antique Book Robinson Crusoe Grien On Rougemont. Original antique book Grien On Rougemont, or The Story of a Modern Robinson Crusoe as told in the Pages of the Daily Chronicle, illustrated with ten humorous drawings by Phil May and additional pictures, including a pantomime sketch by Barry Pain. The magazine compiles the Daily Chronicle�s 1898 satirical expos� of Louis de Rougemont (real name Henri Louis Grien, 1847�1921), a Swiss fantasist who falsely claimed to have lived for decades as a god among Australian Aboriginals. The cover depicts a man painted in green and red holding a bow, with a spotted dog named Bruno at his feet, and a female silhouette holding a paintbrush beside buckets of paint. The issue includes Fry's Cocoa and Owbridge's Lung Tonic advertisements. Published by Edward Lloyd Ltd., Daily Chronicle, Fleet Street, London. Fair condition, paper losses, tears, creasing, staining, foxing, pencil markings. Country of issue: UK, designer: Phil May, size (cm): 35x26, year of printing: 1898.
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