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The Revolt of the Angels (1924)

Illustrated by Frank C Papé

On the left, we show a rare copy of The Revolt of the Angels published with Papé's illustrations for the first time in 1924.     This example retains the original decorative gilt-stamped black cloth cover.           To the right, we show the decorative Title Page prepared by Papé.

The Revolt of the Angels is a powerful tale from Anatole France (a Nobel Laureat). The review published in

The New York Times upon initial release (without illustrations) provides a wonderful introduction to one of

France's classic works:

[The Revolt of the Angels] will, to many readers appear, quite literally, as sinister as

the Devil himself.

The plutonic comparison is no mere rhetorical flourish, for the subject of the story is

a new conspiracy on the part of the Angels to dethrone God: and the events of the

elder conspiracy, which John Milton "has sung," as M. France causes the Abbé Coignard

to remark in another book, "with very great barbarity," are related from the point of

view of a participant on the losing side ...

The review continues and takes the reader through some of the work's seminal moments, before closing with

the following comment:

It is unnecessary to add after such a climax, The Revolt of the Angels will offend only

the unintelligent - those whom the letter has killed and the spirit has not yet made

alive. Whether we call the archetype of Ignorance and Fear "Ialdabaoth", "Lucifer", or

"God" is little: to recognise that in each of us there is Fear and the conqueror of Fear,

and the battleground between the two, and that Victory is not a concrete thing, but

a condition of the soul is much. And it is this that the novel of Anatole France's old

age, the ripe fruit of his genius, helps us, albeit by the unfamiliar road of laughter,

to perceive.

France's novel needed to wait a decade until it was matched with the stunning illustrations and extensive

decorations designed by Frank C Papé (the illustrated edition was first published by John Lane The Bodley

Head Ltd [London]) in 1924.

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

We have prepared sets of 12 Greeting Cards displaying each of Papé's major monotone images for The Revolt of the Angels and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear. Ordering one of those sets is as easy as selecting the "Add to Cart" feature below and following the prompts provided with our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal.         Code: FCP RA MS(12) Price: US$60.00

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-in plates - in homage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century.

Hand-finishing is used to replicate the visual appearance of a tipped-in plate and the images are presented on

Ivory card stock (in the case of colour illustrations) or White card stock (in the case of monotone illustrations)

with an accompanying envelope. We have left the cards blank so that you may write your own personal

message.

To purchase, simply click on the "Add to Cart" button and you'll be taken through to our Shopping Cart secured

through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any

destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options

below. Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter

through ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful examples of the art of Frank C Papé.

The major monotone illustrations

Dies Irae (Frontispiece)	Monsieur Sariette fell down unconscious	The following night twenty volumes left their places	I was commanded to watch over your innocence and to guard your chastity
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In Paradise we only possess the harp, the psaltery and the hydraulic organ	Such was Istar in his native home	I sang to the shepherds and the nymphs of the birth of the world	Pestilence, War and Famine entered the circle
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... "to the sound of bells and the singing of psalms" ...	Prince Istar - opened a ventilator - and passed the faithful angel through it	Gilberte decided that he was no angel	Arcade, Istar and Zita prepared themselves to pass from the heavy atmosphere of the earth to the limpid depths of the heavens
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The monotone End Papers

The Revolt of the Angels End Papers (Presented as a Diptych)
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