Paul Bourget — Un Divorce

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1904. First edition. Leather. A discussion on divorce by French novelist Paul Bourget, the first edition in a lovely quarter morocco binding. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously as some limited editions, printed on papier de Holland, Chine, and Japon. A French novel in which Paul Bourget defends the position of the Roman Catholic Church, which considered divorce as a violation of natural laws. In the original French.Paul Bourget was a novelist, nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature five times. In a decorative quarter morocco binding. In a quarter morocco binding over marbled boards and endpapers. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear. Minor previous ownership inscription to the recto of the limitation page. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with some browning, as usual. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .