Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de; Motte Fouque, Friedrich de la. Nicolette and Aucassin, Paul and Virginia, Undine - Sintram. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Edition de Grand Luxe. [12261]
Three-quarter morocco with vibrant marbled paper boards, matching marbled end papers, top page edges gilt, 6 gilt-decorated spine panels, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some light rubbing to the edges; bottom of spine a bit dark, thin loss of leather at spine bottom.
Each story with its own title page and numbering. Nicolette and Aucassin: Photogravure frontispiece, letter press tissue guard, xix, [1], 37 clean pp., one additional plate with letter press tissue guard. Paul and Virginia: Photogravure frontispiece, letter press tissue guard, xi, [1], 133 clean pp., one additional plate with letter press tissue guard. Undine-Sintram: Photogravure frontispiece, letter press tissue guard, ix, [1], two additional plates with letter press tissue guards, 243 clean pages. Good. Hardcover.
The World's Great Books series.
Nicolette and Aucassin, A Troubadour's Tale. With a Critical and Biographical Introduction, by Edward Everett Hale, author of the translation.
Paul and Virginia. With a Critical and Biographical Introduction, by Andrew Lang.
Undine, or the Water-Spirit. Sintram and his Companions. Translated by Thomas Tracy. With a Critical and Biographical Introduction, by Rossiter Johnson.
