London: Chapman Hall, 1926. Translated by Eric Sutton with an introduction by Charles Scott Moncrieff. Limited edition of 1000 copies for England and America of which this is number 49. First translation into English. Gilt title to spine on light brown cloth boards with decorative paper sides. Fore and lower edges uncut. Top edge gilt. Age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Uniform with XVIII Century French Romances edited by Vyvyan Holland. Book plate of Ralph Dickinson inside front cover. 'Le Cousin de Mahomet, ou la Folie Salutaire' was first published in Paris in 1742. So far as can be ascertained, this story has never been translated into English. Bound and Printed at the Curwen Press. B2E. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Goldring Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000099
Title: The Prophet's Cousin
Author: Fromaget, Nicholas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good TEG
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited
Publisher: Chapman Hall
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1926
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: French Literature, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH FICTION, RALPH DICKINSON, RATIONE DUCE VINCAS
Bookseller catalogs: French Literature in Translation;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...