SUE, Eugène., The Mysteries of Paris. New edition. Paris, Charles

4 volumes, in-4 long. Contemporary green half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with gilded floral panels, gilded title, double gilded fillet on the covers (minor signs of wear to the ribs, corners and edges). First illustrated edition, partly original, published a few months after the very rare first edition. A fine, very fresh copy, in a lovely contemporary binding by E. Petit. Includes the half-titles. Illustrated with vignettes and 81 plates engraved in black on wood or steel after Trimolet, Nanteuil, Pauquet, Daumier or Staal… Also included: POE, Edgar. Reprints of 3 of the 5 famous translations by Charles Baudelaire, in their original period pamphlets. -Eureka. -The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. -New Extraordinary Tales. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1875 (earliest date). 3 in-12 paperback volumes, with original printed green covers (slight paper discolouration, spines slightly faded and rubbed; the cover of *Eureka* is stained, that of *New Extraordinary Stories* is slightly torn at the bottom, and some pages at the end of *Gordon Pym* are stained) *Eureka*, a prose poem and cosmological essay; *Gordon Pym* is Poe’s only completed novel, and *New Tales*, the famous collection of fantastical short stories following on from *Extraordinary Tales*.

Estimate:$332.72

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