Le Château de la Grippe
A[lbert] Robida. Emilie Robida, illustrator. Le Château de la Grippe. Paris: Henri Floury, 1904. Limited edition, No. 236 of 275 numbered copies on Vélin paper.
Quarto. 40pp + 5pp ads. Illustrated with drawings by Emilie Robida, some color. Publisher's pictorial French-fold card wraps. Text in French.
Limited edition of this unusual children's book, which extolls the virtues of Vin Mariani (a coca leaf-based patent medicine and early inspiration for what later became Coca-Cola) for the treatment of childhood illnesses.
From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs.
Lightly rubbed and soiled to wraps, bumped to upper corner. Very good. Item #1937
Price: $250.00