Shelfmark
Id7.4.38
Author
Title
Le passant : comedie en un acte et en vers / François Coppée ; texte calligraphié, enluminé et histoiré par H. Malatesta.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Paris : Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, F Ferroud, succr. 127 Bd. St. Germain., [1915].
Physical description
[45] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm
Note
Date of publication taken from date stamped on binding.
Note
"Le passant, comedie en un acte, en vers, représentée pour la première fois sur le Théatre national de l'Odéon le vij Janvier mdccclxix" -- half-title page.
Note
Title-page printed in red and black.
Note
With an additional colour title-page at end.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "N. Gwatkin, Foreign Office".
Provenance
Tipped-in printed dedication: "Ashton-Gwatkin -- In loving and happy memory of Nancy Violet (1912-1953)".
Binding
20th-century dark blue leather binding; title, author, and date of publication stamped in gold on spine; five raised bands; gold-tooled monogram 'N' on covers; gilt top-edge; marbled endpapers; bound by Riviere & Son (stamped inside front cover).
Copy-specific note
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin's card inserted.
Copy-specific note
Mr John Gadsby's card inserted, with ms. inscription on reverse: "For N.V. [Nancy Violet] in thankful remembrance of her ever constant kindness and with all good wishes for Christmas 1946. J. G."
Copy-specific note
Uniformly bound set with 5 other novels by or owned by John Paris/Frank Ashton-Gwatkin.
Added entry--name
Malatesta, Henri illustrator.
Added entry--name
Ashton-Gwatkin, Nancy, ? - 1953 former owner.
Added entry--name
Librairie des Amateurs publisher.
Added entry--name
Riviere & Son binder.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B43556