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First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's novel based on the life of Saint Thais of Egypt. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings and decorations by Frank C. Cape. In very good condition. First published in 1890, France's novel Thais is based on events in the life of Saint Thaàs of Egypt, a legendary convert to Christianity who is said to have lived in the 4th century. The novel was adapted into the 1894 opera of the same name by Jules Massenet and later into the 1917 American silent film.