Silvérie ou les fonds hollandais
Followed by Le Pauvre Bougre et le Bon Génie, followed by Album Primo-Avrilesque
Paris - Flammarion, Paul Ollendorff - 1898. 1899. 1962.
- Format : In-8.
- Number of volumes : 3 plaquettes.
- Binding : Paperback.
- Collation : Tome 1: 32 pp. Tome 2: 32 pp. Tome 3: 30 pp.
In case and cardboard folder. Printed soft cover. Nice fresh paper.
Alphonse Allais, born on 20 October 1854 in Honfleur and died on 28 October 1905 in Paris, was a French journalist, writer and humorist. Famous in the Belle Époque, known for his sharp pen and absurd humour, he is particularly renowned for his puns and holorime verses. He is sometimes considered one of the greatest storytellers in the French language.
Volumes 1 and 2: One-act plays.
Volume 3: Facsimile of the 1st edition. PRINTING LIMITED to 700 numbered copies on Lafuma pure yarn. This is one of those numbered copies. Contains: A "spiritual preface by the author. Seven beautiful intaglio engraved plates in different colours. A second preface almost as spiritual as the first. And finally, a funeral march specially composed for the funeral of a great deaf man".
In good condition.
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