A. de Lamartine — Graziella

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Cloth. A charmingly bound limited English edition of this novel from French author Alphonse de Lamartine. The first thus of this illustrated English translation, limited to 1,600 copies. This copy is number 371. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. With thirty illustrations by Jacquier, including a coloured frontispiece. Collated, complete. 'Graziella' was originally published in 1852 and tells of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter during a trip to Naples. The novel, which was written by French author Alphonse de Lamartine, was originally written as a journal and was inspired by his experiences with a tobacco-leaf folder while in Naples in the early 1810sThis edition is translated by Ralph Wright. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight discolouration to the spine title label, and minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Bookplate of one John Gray to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. With only the odd spot to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Jacquier. Very Good Indeed .