Hardcover. New York, Viking, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 55 pages. Color illustrations. A nice reprint of the classical picture book published in the early 1900s. Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel (1851-1913) was a French academic painter trained at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts. In the 1890's, he began illustrating childrens books. His masterpiece was "Joan of Arc" published in 1896 to great acclaim. The French art world understood that Boutet de Monvel had a created a new style of book illustration for children. His intricate style of flat images with water color detailing influenced childrens book illustration for the next fifty years.
 "Joan of Arcby: Boutet de Monvel, Maurice")