G. Soule de Morant [translator] — Trois Contes Chinois Du Xviie Siecle

Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1926. Leather. A limited edition of this collection of three Chinese tales from the seventeenth century, translated into French. French. Limited to five hundred copies on Japanese paper of which this is number four hundred and seventy-one. Illustrated with one colour plate and decorations throughout, with a brightly illustrated title page for each story. Three Chinese stories from the seventeenth century, being: L'Amour d'une Chanteuse, La Meprise du Soulier Brode, and Estrange Destinee. Translated by George Soulie de Morant, a French scholar and diplomat. Bound in full tooled calf with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally, sound with rubbing resulting in light loss to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .