Full black leather, gilt titles, beveled boards, all edges red, marbled endpapers
1888 · Paris
by Loti, Pierre. (pseudo. Louis Marie Julien Viaud)
Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1888. Full black leather, gilt titles, beveled boards, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Hinges and spine cracked but still tight, roll to spine, scattered foxing, leaves crisp; still a good copy.. 328 pp. Illus. 8vo. Dessins et aquarelles de Rossi et Myrbach. Gravure de Guillaume Frères. Loti (1850-1923), French naval officer, achieved popularity with his impressionistic, exotic, and romantic tales and is a precursor to modern French fiction between the two world wars. This romantic tale of travel and adventure in Japan may have influenced Puccini's Madam Butterfly. (Inventory #: 15698)