Edmond About — Le Roi Des Montagnes
Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. Leather. A novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin About, with illustrations by Gustave Doré. A new edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. All edges gilt. An adventure novel concerning brigands and corruption in 18th century Athens, by French writer and journalist Edmond François Valentin About (1828-1885). First published in 1856, this was his best-known novel. The second edition to be illustrated throughout by French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883). In a quarter morocco binding. Externally smart, with a little shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Gustave Dore. Very Good Indeed .
