Alexandre Dumas — The Three Musketeers

London, George Routledge & Sons, c1900. Cloth. The fleur-de-lis edition of Dumas's swashbuckling classic, including lovely ink illustrations from French artist Maurice Leloir. The fleur-de-lis edition of The Three Musketeers, a lovely illustrated edition of classic French adventure, written by Alexandre Dumas, with illustrations by French artist Maurice Leloir. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth, with an ink illustrated frontispiece and nine other illustrated plates by Leloir, engraved by J. Huyot. Contains publisher's original advertisements to the rear, including a tipped-in colour advertisement plate for Maud Muller by John Greenleaf Whittier. Considered the greatest swashbuckling romance ever printed, Dumas's The Three Musketeers is a brilliant tale of heroism in Ancien France, and is the first volume within his celebrated D'Artagnan Romances trilogy. This particular edition contains the original translated preface and is brought to life by Leloir's charming illustrations. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth. Externally, the odd faint mark to boards and slight rubbing to joints. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, with a small split to cloth to head of spine. Minor fading to spine. Offsettinga nd age toning to end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with faint spots to first couple and final leaves, and age toning to advertisement leaves. Good . Ill.: Maurice Leloir. Good .