Maurice Maeterlinck — La Vie Des Abeilles

Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1901. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this essay on the life of a bee from Belgian playwright and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck, in the original French. French. Fourth thousand. An essay on the life of a bee, being a philosophical and literary exploration of bees and their society. The work reviews the intricacies of bee society, discussing their behaviors and the natural laws that govern them as well as themes of duty, sacrifice, and the "spirit of the hive". Written by Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear and fading to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .