Histoires extraordinaires
Paris, Michel Lévy, 1856.
1 vol. (120 x 185 mm) of [3], XXXI, 330 p. and [1 leaf of contents]. Half cherry-red basane, spine ribbed and decorated with blind-tooled panels, gilt fillets, gilt title (contemporary binding).
First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, with his preface “Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses œuvres.”
Scattered foxing, otherwise an attractive copy in a contemporary binding.
#29594
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