Title (in a frame): THE TEMPTATION | OF ST. ANTHONY | BY | GUSTAVE FLAUBERT | TRANSLATED BY | LAFCADIO HEARN | ILLUSTRATED BY | MAHLON BLAINE | {vignette} | NEW YORK |  WILLIAMS, BELASCO | AND MEYERS ||

Pagination: ffl, [1, 2 - ht, blank] [2 - blank, frontis.] [3, 4 - t.p., colophon] [5, 6 - plate, blank] [7, 8 - list of ill., blank] [9 'argument'] 10-189 [190] bfl; frontispiece and 4 plates reproduced from Blaine's pen drawings in "woodcut" manner.

Binding:25.5 x 17 cm., original black cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt; printed on thick paper, margins trimmed unevenly; pink pictorial DJ.

Contributors:

Gustave Flaubert (French, 1821 – 1880) – author.

Mahlon Blaine (American, 1894 – 1969) – artist.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn [Koizumi Yakumo; 小泉 八雲] ( Greek-Irish, 1850 – 1904) – translator.

Williams, Belasco and Meyers – publisher.

J. J. Little & Ives, Co., NY – printer.

Additional Information

Collection Illustrated books
Type / Purpose Book
Country USA
Language English
Period 20 AD
Creation / Publishing year 1930
Edition 1st edition
Binding Cloth , Hardcover
Material Paper
Size 25.5 x 17 cm , Royal Octavo
Subject 19th century , Fiction , French literature , Man , Novel , Prose , Religion , Temptation , Woman
Media/Technique Photogravure
Acquisition year 2020

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