FIRST EDITION BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE. T.E.G. WITH 43 ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHIZ AND SYMOUR (WITH THE 2 BUSS PLATES). SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND THE USUAL DARKENING TO THE EDGES OF THE PLATES. TIGHTLY BOUND. OVERALL VERY GOOD.
GOOD COPY IN RED CLOTH ILLUSTRATED FRONT BOARD FADED SPINE TOP SLIGHTLY TORN. ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK REYNOLDS R.I. ONE PLATE MISSING PAGE 48. 19 OTHER COLOUR PLATES
NEAR MINT COPY IN RED DECORATED BOARDS – QUARTER LEATHER RAISED BANDS ALL EDGES GILT. THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AS PUBLISHERS OF THE WORLD`S GREAT BOOKS. TRANSLATED BY CHARLES TERGIE. ILLUSTRATED BY JEAN PAUL QUINT.
Author:
STENDHAL
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1981 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS/ THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY
