Illustrated by G. C. Wilmshurst. First illustrated edition. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt stamped with elegant Art Nouveau design on front cover featuring recurring galeros and snuffboxes, lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Red and white endpapers with repeated design as front cover. London and New York: John lane, 1903.
The Cardinal’s Snuff Box was first published in 1900. The story centres around English novelist Peter Marchdale who travels to Italy and becomes enamoured with Beatrice, Duchess of Santangiolo. She is attractively depicted in the frontispiece and is presumably also the woman features in the half-title design. The rather fine cover design and endpapers are by an unidentified artist.
Fine copy, bright and clean.
