Stendhal [ Beyle, Marie-Henri ] & Hewlett, Maurice [translator] — The Chartreuse Of Parma

Heinemann 1904 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xxx+543pp, b/w frontis, 4 colour plates, 6 b/w illustrations, top edge gilt, spine browned & lettering piece scuffed, crease to the endpaper, otherwise internally fine. Library of French Masterpieces series as edited by Edmund Gosse. An Italian set novel, originally published in 1839 which chronicles the adventures of the young Italian nobleman Fabrice del Dongo from his birth in 1798 to his death. Marie-Henri Beyle [ 1783 - 1842 ] one of the most highly regarded French authors.