The Princess of Babylon by Voltaire (Nonesuch Press)

The Princess of Babylon

M. de Voltaire

Nonesuch Press, 1927

No. 535 of 1,500 copies. Original boards covered in marbled paper in muted tones of rose, blue, and cream, parchment spine and tips, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. 11 elegant full-page illustrations and three vignettes by Thomas Lowinsky.  A FINE COPY with only minor creasing on back endpaper. A little darkening of the parchment on the back board.  This is clean, bright, and unread. Described in its prospectus as "the airiest and most charming of all Voltaire's romances," this fable, set in an exotic land, reveals an unserious side of Voltaire