Pierre et Jean . Guy de Maupassant ; illustré par Ernest Duez et Albert Lynch.
Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893)
Category
Books
Date
1888
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 3139674
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 170, [6]p., 18 leaves of plates . ill. . 32 cm.. Previous shelfmark: 9H. Loosely inserted: folded note-paper with printed address: "29, Delamere Terrace, Westbourne Square, W."; (verse) inscription in blue ink: "To Wolcott Balestier, - A friend that's grown as dear/ As if Brattleboro' flourished in my Devon in the west,/ This book comes wishing wealth, ... E.G. [dated] Dec. 13. 1890". Also loosely inserted at rear, newspaper: The Sun. New York, Tuesday, September 3, 1833 (1 folder [4]p.). Provenance: Large pictorial bookplate (8.3x6.2cm): Ex Libris Rudyard Kipling AD 1894. Binding: Nineteenth-century brown morocco, with marbled paper on boards; five raised bands; gold lettered spine; marbled endpapers. Ink stamp: Bound by H. Wood.
Makers and roles
Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893)