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.
