Cazotte, A Thousand One Follies, 1st US lmtd Ed. 1928
"A Thousand and One Follies and His Most Unlooked-For Lordship", Translated from the French of Jacques Cazotte, by Eric Sutton, with an Introduction by Storm Jameson, published by Chapman & Hall, London and Robert McBride, New York, 1928. First Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies. Copy #700.
"Les Mille et Une Fadaises" was first published in Paris in 1742 and "Le Lord Impromptu" was first published in Paris in 1767. Neither of these tales has previously been translated into English".
The French 18th century writer Jacques Cazotte was a man of great imagination and foresight. Some contemporaries credited Cazotte's literary talent to his infamous occult-dabbling, which probably involved the Ouija board and crystal-ball scrying. Cazotte was also something of a prophet who scored more hits than misses. One pleasant summer evening in 1788, an assembly of notabilities settled down to a Parisian dinner party and talked of the approaching shadow of the Revolution. They asked Cazotte to forecast future events. It is documented that many of his predictions that evening came to pass.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $28.50
Condition Report: Decorated hard boards, cloth spine (some soiling and wear); 5.3/4" x 9"; slightly browned endpapers, no inscriptions, 189 pages printed on heavy genuine watermarked laid paper, fine pages, very good condition.
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"A Thousand and One Follies and His Most Unlooked-For Lordship", Translated from the French of Jacques Cazotte, by Eric Sutton, with an Introduction by Storm Jameson, published by Chapman & Hall, London and Robert McBride, New York, 1928. First Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies. Copy #700.
"Les Mille et Une Fadaises" was first published in Paris in 1742 and "Le Lord Impromptu" was first published in Paris in 1767. Neither of these tales has previously been translated into English".
The French 18th century writer Jacques Cazotte was a man of great imagination and foresight. Some contemporaries credited Cazotte's literary talent to his infamous occult-dabbling, which probably involved the Ouija board and crystal-ball scrying. Cazotte was also something of a prophet who scored more hits than misses. One pleasant summer evening in 1788, an assembly of notabilities settled down to a Parisian dinner party and talked of the approaching shadow of the Revolution. They asked Cazotte to forecast future events. It is documented that many of his predictions that evening came to pass.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $28.50
Condition Report: Decorated hard boards, cloth spine (some soiling and wear); 5.3/4" x 9"; slightly browned endpapers, no inscriptions, 189 pages printed on heavy genuine watermarked laid paper, fine pages, very good condition.
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