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Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Calmann Levy, Paris, France. 1900. Vi, 188 pgs. Illustrated with uncolored title page vignette and 12 colored illustrations by Alphonse Mucha. Slipcased. Bound by Morley Bros in full red leather with leather titles and raised bands present to the spine and stamped gilt decoration present to the boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Front hinge repaired with tape. The works of Anatole France are "remarkable for their wide-ranging erudition, their wit and irony, their passion for social justice, and their classical clarity, qualities that mark France as an heir to the tradition of Denis Diderot and Voltaire? (Nobel Prize Committee). This volume is beautifully illustrated by renowned Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha, and features a title-page colour vignette along with 12 additional colour lithographs by him. This is among Mucha's finest illustrated books, a work that fully captures the graceful skill of this Czech-born artist. E-283 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.