Le Poème Sumérien du Paradis, du Déluge, et de la Chute de l'Homme
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1919. First French language edition. Softcover. Quarto (10 x 6 1/2"). X, 268, [2]pp (Text), 11 leaves (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers.
First French-language edition of Stephen Langdon's controversial interpretation of a Sumerian poem found on a tablet, and which, according to the author, tells the story of an Earthly paradise, the flood, and the fall of man. Includes 11 b/w illustrated plates at rear depicting the tablet with the Sumerian inscriptions.
Spine rubbed and partly soiled. Clear water-staining along lower margin of pages throughout (not affecting text). Text in French. Wrappers in overall good- to good, interior in good to very good condition. g to vg. Item #41585
Price: $200.00