Sésame et les lys
Subtitle: des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines
By: John Ruskin ; traduction, notes et préface par Marcel Proust
Series: Collection d'auteurs étrangers; Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Publisher: Mercure de France
Published: 1906
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Translated from: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Social problems; Conduct of life; Books and reading; Sex role
Work titles: Sesame and lilies
Notes: "Achevé d'imprimer le douze mai mil neuf cent six par Blais et Roy à Poitiers pour le Mercure de France"--Colophon.

The publisher issued some copies with a 'deuxième édition' statement; in actuality, all copies are of the first edition.

Includes bibliographical references.

No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access

Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation. December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

From the John Ruskin Collection of R. Dyke Benjamin.

Stamp and corresponding autograph note on half-title page: "Les Augères", naming Marcel Prévost's library.

This copy is numbered 1566; the total number of copies on plain paper is not listed.

Bound in contemporary quarter green sheepskin and marbled paper over boards; spine stamped in gilt.

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Table of contents: title: Préface du traducteur: Sur la lecture; title: Sésame: Des trésors des rois; title: Les lys: Des jardins des reines.