Large folio (559 x 457 mm). Contemporary full morocco gilt, all edges gilt, stamp-signed by the Monastery Hill Bindery (light rubbing at extremities, light sunning to front cover).

Comprising 65 original works by various WWI-era French artists including Frans Masereel, Joseph de la Naziere, Charlotte Schaller-Mouillot, Charles Huard, Adolph Leon Willette, Charles Morean Vauthier, Theophile Steinlen, and 20 others executed in pencil, charcoal, and other mediums and originally published as part of the French magazine series La Grande Guerre par les artistes.

Translating to "The Great War by the Artists," the magazine featured a rich array of artwork created by both well-known and emerging artists of the time. Its purpose was to distribute wartime propaganda and boost morale for the war effort.