MANN (Thomas).
La Montagne magique. Paris, A. Fayard et Cie, 1931. 2 volumes in-8, fawn half-maroquin with corners, spine decorated with cold boxes, gilt head, cover and spine (Devauchelle). First edition of the first French translation, by Maurice Betz.
One of 125 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper.
The Magic Mountain, "a satirical counterpart to Death in Venice whose theme is the seduction of death and disease," according to the author, is one of the most influential works of 20th-century German literature. The original German edition was published in Berlin in 1924.
A very good copy by Devauchelle.
From the Raoul Simonson library (2013, II, n°570), with bookplate.
