Denis Diderot — La Religieuse

Paris, Pierre Larrive, 1947. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition copy of La Religieuse, with colour illustrations. A limited edition copy. This volume contains La Religieuse by Denis Diderot with illustrations by Paul Emile Becat. Paul Emile Becat was a French painter, printmaker and engraver and was awarded first prize in the Priz de Rome in 1920. Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic and writer and a prominent figure in the Age of Enlightenment.With fourteen colour plates by Paul-Emile Becat and a folder of seventeen black and white plates to the rear.Collated, complete. The pages are loose in a folder and all present as issued. In a slipcase. In the original folder. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the spine and boards. Internally, the pages are loose as issued but bright and clean. The slipcase is smart with some light marks. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Paul-Emile Becat. Very Good Indeed .