La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of Saint Anthony) Édition Définitive; Illustrée de Gravures sur Bois Originales de Raphaël Drouart

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FLAUBERT, Gustave SKU: 16607

Stock No. 16607

Authors: Flaubert, GUSTAVE

Paris: G. Boutitie & Cie - Éditeurs D'Art 1922

Limited Edition of 1050 copies. Text in French printed on handmade paper. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering, inner flaps, and the original protective glassine wrapper. With 20 coloured woodcut plates, each with tissue-guard, and several in-text engravings. 242 pages, fore-edge untrimmed. Later gift inscription to endpaper. An about Fine copy. Lovely edition of the great dramatic poem based on the temptation of St Anthony the Great in the Egyptian desert, with very beautiful plates, originally published in 1874.