Author: X. B. Saintine [Joseph Xavier Boniface]
Title: Picciola
Description: Paris, Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1846. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated scarce edition of this novel from X. B. Saintine, in the original French language. French language. Scarce edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. This novel follows Count Charney, a former soldier, who has been jailed for conspiring against Napoleon. After finding a plant growing between two paving stones in his cell, he becomes obsessed. Written by Joseph Xavier Boniface, known as X. B. Saintine, a French dramatist and novelist. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Joints starting but firm. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Picciola Saintine Boniface Saintine None


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