1927 Jx

Listed on Jy [A]2^r as no. X in series Eighteenth-century French romances edited by Vyvyan B. Holland; a listing of I-IX appears on [A]1^v,[A]2^r of this volume.

[A]⁸ B-N⁸.

[i-xi] xii-xxvi [xxvii-xxviii, 1-3] 4-98 [99-101] 102-20 [121-3] 124-45 [146-9] 150-4 [155-7] 158-78 [+2].

Demy 8^o: 8¾" × 5⅝", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband, white laid, Ellerslie; 14pt. Caslon; colour printing on B8^r, I1^r, K4^r, M1^r, M5^r; casing, spine buff cloth, gold-blocked: ‘SPLEEN | AND | OTHER | STORIES | * | PIERRE- | VICTOR | CHAPMAN | & HALL’, boards white laid paper, pattern Kzb no.13 in pink black and purple; dust-jacket of same paper with pen-and-ink label over spine and printed label over upper cover.

Besenval was a Swiss officer who served with distinction in the French army and spent much of his life at court.

H.B.V. stands for Vyvyan B. Holland, general editor of this series.

• Besenval, Pierre-Victor, baron de, 1721–1791
• Caslon
• Caslon, 14pt.
• Chapman and Hall NPG
• Eighteenth-century French romances
• Ellis, Havelock, 1859–1939 NPG ODNB
• Holland, Vyvyan Beresford, 1886–1967 IMDb NPG ODNB