Pierre Loti — Figures Et Choses Qui Passaient

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1925. Leather. A leather bound collection of essays by French naval officer, novelist, and exotic short story writer Pierre Loti. Published in French. A collection of essays by French naval officer, novelist, and exotic short story writer Pierre Loti. Published in French. Writing under the pseudonym Pierre Loti, Louis Marie-Julien Viaud rose to the fame in the late 1800s after publishing his critically acclaimed novel Mon Frère Yves, in which he describes the life of a French naval officer. In the present collection of essays, Loti again draws on his own life, and includes descriptions his experiences in Algiers, Constantinople, and the Holy Land. Rebound in a quarter cloth binding over marbled boards. Externally, very smart. Very lightly rubbed to the joints with some light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned but clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .