Finsterniss [aus dem französischen Übersetzt von Hedda und Arthur Moeller-Bruck]
Berlin: Julius Bard, 1902.
Small quarto (17 cms.). Decorative paper boards, endpapers with striking design of stylized bird printed in red and black. 2ff. (half-title, title), 210, [i] (colophon) pp. Printed in red and black throughout. With title within decorative border, decorative initials, vignettes, etc.
Illustrations by Georg Tippel.
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; joints split. Slightly browned; several leaves loose; embossed blind stamp of German bookseller Otto Stichling to title his name and the date "11 Januar 1902" to foot of half-title.
D'Aurevilly was a "French novelist and influential critic who in his day was influential in matters of social fashion and literary taste. A member of the minor nobility of Normandy, he remained throughout his life proudly Norman in spirit and style, a royalist opposed to democracy and materialism and an ardent but unorthodox Roman Catholic." Britannica online.
Item #38153
Price: $35.00 other currencies