Pierre Loti / Myrbach - Matelot - 1893
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Pierre Loti and Myrbach present Matelot, the original illustrated edition published in Paris by Alphonse Lemerre in April 1893, with a green half-leather binding, blue-turquoise marbled boards and gilt spine, 270 pages, 19 × 12.5 cm.
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Pierre Loti — Sailor — Original illustrated edition — Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, April 1893
Sailor is the last volume of Pierre Loti's maritime trilogy (1850-1923), of the Académie Française, after My Brother Yves and Island Fisherman. The novel follows Jean Berny, who enlists as a mere sailor after his failure at the Naval School — a melancholic meditation on the sea and wandering, typical of Loti's universe.
Original edition, printed in April 1893 in the workshops of Edouard Guillaume (Collection Guillaume et Lemerre), published by Alphonse Lemerre, Paris. Only 30 copies were printed on Japon and 30 on Chine, numbered and initialed — the present copy is on edition paper. Adorned with numerous off-text engravings by Myrbach, first printing. Dedicated by Loti to Her Majesty Queen Christine, Regent of Spain, March 1893.
Half-green morocco binding of the period, boards in blue-turquoise marbled paper, spine titled in gold, marbled endpapers. Format in-8°, 19 x 12.5 cm, 270 complete pages.
Condition: interior very fresh, illustrations clear, no annotations. Binding with wear to corners and to the spine. Good overall condition for a 133-year-old copy.
Pierre Loti — Sailor — Original illustrated edition — Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, April 1893
Sailor is the last volume of Pierre Loti's maritime trilogy (1850-1923), of the Académie Française, after My Brother Yves and Island Fisherman. The novel follows Jean Berny, who enlists as a mere sailor after his failure at the Naval School — a melancholic meditation on the sea and wandering, typical of Loti's universe.
Original edition, printed in April 1893 in the workshops of Edouard Guillaume (Collection Guillaume et Lemerre), published by Alphonse Lemerre, Paris. Only 30 copies were printed on Japon and 30 on Chine, numbered and initialed — the present copy is on edition paper. Adorned with numerous off-text engravings by Myrbach, first printing. Dedicated by Loti to Her Majesty Queen Christine, Regent of Spain, March 1893.
Half-green morocco binding of the period, boards in blue-turquoise marbled paper, spine titled in gold, marbled endpapers. Format in-8°, 19 x 12.5 cm, 270 complete pages.
Condition: interior very fresh, illustrations clear, no annotations. Binding with wear to corners and to the spine. Good overall condition for a 133-year-old copy.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Matelot
Author/ Illustrator
Pierre Loti / Myrbach
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1893
Height
19 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
12.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Alphonse Lemerre
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
270
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