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When cathedrals were white - Journeys to the land of the timid
FIRST EDITION illustrated with 45 sketches by the author.
ONE OF THE FIRST 49 NUMBERED COPIES ON PUR FIL LAFUMA PAPER, only large paper.
Le Corbusier dedicates the book to his mother, "a woman of courage and faith", and begins with this warning:
"It's a summer's day, midday; I'm speeding along the quays on the left bank, towards the Eiffel Tower, under the ineffable blue sky of Paris. For a second, my eye fixes on a white dot in the sky: the new bell tower of Chaillot. Yes, the cathedrals were white, all white, dazzling and young - not black, dirty and old. The whole era was fresh and young.
And today, yes, today is young, fresh and new. I've just come back from the U.S.A. Well, I'm going to use the U.S.A. as an example to show that the times are new but the house is uninhabitable."
Rare in large paper.