A first worldwide, in partnership with FASEJ (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation), the Saint-Exupéry d'Agay estate and Éditions Gallimard, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s watercolour illustrations were rendered in relief (embossed by René David).
This exceptional art book also provides access as never before to blind and visually impaired persons, by touching the works.
Each embossed drawing is accompanied by a commentary on the image and excerpts from the original work (English / French / English Braille / French Braille).
The box does not contain the complete text of The Little Prince.
Price: €138
Preview presentation of the future box on the 709 airbase of Cognac for the 70th anniversary of the date Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was shot down.
Gala for the official launch on 5 December 2014 at Hôtel Montalembert, Paris VII
Launch of embossed drawings from The Little Prince on 8 December 2014 in Nice, on France 3 Television
"Le Petit Prince Dans le Noir" Exhibition from 6 to 20 June 2015 in Singapore:
Donation of the book by FASEJ to the Singapore National Library on 18 December 2015
Television report and Interview by Nicolas Delsalle at the midday news programme (12/13) on France 3 Television Paris-Île-de-France on 15 January 2016
From 2 May to 18 September, for the celebration of 130 years of cooperation between France and South Korea, and in partnership with the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum hosted an exhibition on The Little Prince.
On 30 May 2017, an evening was organised at Éditions Gallimard in honour of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry by FASEJ and Mont Blanc-Photographies-Nicolas Delsalle
On Sunday 16 October 2016, Bertrand Piccard, Patron of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, co-developer and co-pilot of ‘Solar Impulse’ on which he has just flown around the world, received from Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry, a copy of The Little Prince (Éditions Claude Garrandès-Association Arrimage), on behalf of the Foundation: a great source of pride for our association
On behalf of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Foundation for Youth, Nicolas Delsalle gave Thomas Pesquet a copy of The Little Prince ― Édition Claude Garrandès-Association Arrimage. This art book, also accessible to blind and visually impaired persons, presents 23 so far unpublished embossed renderings of the watercolours by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry illustrating the most widely read literary work in the world. What could be more natural than a meeting between two travellers in the stars! (original video by Manon Charles)
Copyright: Estate of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Éditions Gallimard; Éditions Claude Garrandès