The Charterhouse of Parma. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker

8vo.  205 x 135 mm., [8 x 5 1/2 inches].  [14], 507, [1]1 pp.  Illustrated with two maps and full-page illustrations in the text.  Publisher's grey cloth, dust jacket.  Near fine copy.

Set during the Napoleonic wars, The Charterhouse of Parma is set in the aristocratic court of Parma and the  battles leading up to Waterloo and portrays and through its characters and historical perspective "illuminates an entire epoch of European history."  Called by Balzac the most important French novel of its time, this translation by the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Richard Howard presents for a new audience Stendhal's epic tale of romance, adventure, and court intrigue set in the early nineteenth century Italy.

This edition is beautifully produced by the Modern Library.