L'Homme qui voulut être roi
KIPLING, Rudyard
Published by Mercure de France, Paris, 1901
Used
Hardcover
From
Chase Rare Books, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since October 6, 2022
This specific copy is no longer available. Here are our closest matches for L'Homme qui voulut être roi by KIPLING, Rudyard.
About this Item
Description:
KIPLING, Rudyard. L'Homme qui voulut être roi. Paris: Mercure de France, 1901. Translated from the English by Louis Fabulet et Robert d'Humières.
First French edition. From the library of Jules Renard, with his bookplate by Toulouse-Lautrec. The bookplate, a visual pun of Renard's name, features a blue fox, resembling the fox from Histoires naturelles (1899), Renard's beautiful bestiary illustrated by Toulouse-Lautrec.
Signed and inscribed by both translators - Louis Fabulet and Robert d'Humières - to Jules Renard (1864?1910), influential literary figure of the Belle Époque, writer, and co-founder of the Mercure de France. With some markings to the text in blue pencil by Renard.
Robert d'Humières (1868?1915), described by Proust as "the marvellous translator of Kipling", played a significant role in Proust's life. He assisted Proust with his translations of Ruskin, receiving a warm acknowledgement in the preface to La Bible d'Amiens (1904). d'Humières was also a model for the character of Saint-Loup in À la recherche du temps perdu.
Finely bound in the 1920s by Élidore Vilaine. pp. 293, [5], [4 ? publisher's catalogue]. 8vo, decorative paper-covered boards, leather title piece to spine, black endpapers, original wrappers preserved. A beautiful copy.
Garvey 304; Marcel Proust by Jean-Yves Tadié (2000). Seller Inventory # CRB314
Bibliographic Details
Title: L'Homme qui voulut être roi
Publisher: Mercure de France, Paris
Publication Date: 1901
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine