CONSTANT (Benjamin). *Adolphe: An Anecdote Found Among the P - Lot 236

CONSTANT (Benjamin). *Adolphe: An Anecdote Found Among the Papers of an Unknown Man*. London, H. Colburn; Paris, Treuttel and Wurtz, 1816. In-12, green calfskin, embossed design of compartments adorned with various palm leaves and handles in the center, smooth spine with decoration, red title labels, and three red panels decorated with small ironwork, inner roulette, marbled edges (contemporary English binding). Paris first edition, printed by Crapelet based on proofs from the English edition published the same year in London. (In French in the text, no. 225.) A copy of the second state, with the London address preceding the Paris address, without the warning to counterfeiters on the reverse of the title page, and without the printer’s name at the bottom of page 228. A fine copy preserved in a charming English-style binding. Restorations to the binding (corners and hinges).

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