The Charterhouse of Parma. The translation by Lady Mary Loyd. Revised by Robert Cantwell, the preface by Honoré de Balzac and illustrations by Rafaello Busoni New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 40.
Octavo. xx, 1-392, [1, signed limitation page], [3, blank] pp. Publisher's quarter imported natural linen over French marbled-paper boards, spine stamped in brown leaf, edges speckled brown, two-color lithographed frontispiece. Touch of sunning to spine, else a fine copy. With very lightly soiled original slipcase.
Stendhal (born Marie-Henri Beyle, 1783–1842), was a popular Nineteenth century French writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of realism, as well as a master of psychological fiction.
Newman & Wiche, 261.
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