Maurice Maeterlinck — Morceaux Choisis

Paris, Nelson, [1910]. Hardback. Anthology of selected pieces by Maurice Maeterlinck in a sumptuous full calf binding. In the original French. Dated via Jisc. Containing a selection or prose work by Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright and poet, receiver of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. He often wrote on death and the meaning of life. Featuring pieces such as 'Le Tresor des Humbles,' 'La Sagesse e la Destinee,' and 'La Vie des Abeilles' among others. Including plays, short stories, &c. Rebound in full calf with gilt blind stamp to front board, from the Home and Colonial School Society, with intricate gilt tooling to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly rubbed to joints and extremities of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .