Eugénie Grandet; Sur la Pierre Blanche; Récits d'un Soldat

Honoré de Balzac; Anatole France; Louis Amédée Achard

Verlag: Collins' Clear-Type Press; Nelson; Calmann-Levy 1900-1913, London; Paris, 1900

Beschreibung

A smart sammelband of three French stories by Honoré de Balzac, Anatole France and Amédée Achard. A sammelband in a half morocco binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. Eugénie Grandet is illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignette and five further plates. Récits d'un Soldat is illustrated with a colour frontispiece. A lovely early twentieth-century sammelband containing three French works: Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, illustrated by Victor Prout (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1900); Sur la Pierre Blanche by Anatole France (Paris, Nelson, Calmann-Levy, 1905); and Récits d'un Soldat by Louis Amédée Achard (Paris, Nelson, Calmann-Levy, 1913). Eugénie Grandet has been translated into English; the other two works are written in the original French.Both Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) and Anatole France (1844-1924) were notable and influential French authors, known for their keen observations of human nature. Louis Amédée Achard (1814-1875) was prolific French writer, known for his satirical newspaper Le Pamphlet.Récits d'un Soldat is undated, and has been dated through copies held at the University of Oxford Libraries. In a half morocco binding. Externally, in lovely condition, with just one small mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 876M20

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Eugénie Grandet; Sur la Pierre Blanche; ...

Verlag: Collins' Clear-Type Press; Nelson; Calmann-Levy 1900-1913, London; Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1900

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Fine

Art des Buches: book