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Zermatten, Maurice. La colère de dieu.

442, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemp. red half leather with gilt spine title. – Fribourg, Éditions de la librairie de l’université, 1941.

Novel by Swiss writer Maurice Zermatten (1910–2001), first published in 1940 and inspired by the „Débâcle du Giétroz”, in which parts of a glacier fell into a lake and caused severe flood in Martigny. With a ms. dedication by the author „A Madame Kulling, en hommage de vive et respectueuse sympathie. Zurich, 24.10.1941 Maurice Zermatten.“ – Corners rubbed, spine slightly faded. – Best.-Nr. 26973