Published by Joseph Thomas, London, 1841
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
The first translated edition of Alain Renê Le Sage's Asmodeus, illustrated by Tony Johannot. Large 8vo. pp xx, [402]; in-text engravings throughout and a frontispiece. Rebound in later green half calf over emerald green cloth, with the spine discoloured to brown with gilt ornaments arranged within compartments edged with gilt fillets, gilt title lettering. Bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead. Edges of spine rubbed; top edges of the pages gold. Book.