The first temptation of Saint Anthony / by Gustave Flaubert ; translated by René Francis ; with an introduction by E.B. Osborn and illustrated in colour & black and white by Jean de Bosschère.
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
Category
Books
Date
1924
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3130300
Summary
Bibliographic description
xlv, [1], 231, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Copy no. 1453. Uniformly bound and shelved with two other limited editions of works illustrated by Jean de Bosschère and published by the Bodley Head. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full purple morocco; gilt fillets to form a panel design on boards; sewn onto recessed cords; five false bands; gilt panelled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'First temptation of S. Anthony / Flaubert' and 'Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère'; gilt rolled board edges; gilt fillets on inner borders; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's gilt stamp on front inner border: 'Bound by Bayntun (Rivière), Bath, England.'.
Makers and roles
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), author Jean de Bosschère (1878-1913), illustrator René Francis, translator Edward Bolland Osborn (1867-1967), commentator