TitleLa Chute de la Maison Usher

AuthorEdgar Allan Poe

Editing placeParis

EditorialÉditions Orion

Year1929

IllustratorAlexandre Alexeïeff

Edition typeWork (translation)

TranslatorCharles Baudelaire

LanguageFrench

LibraryBUCLM 821-3 POE chu

Volumes1

Number of pages85

Size (in cms)25,5 x 20

Works included
The Fall of the House of Usher

Works illustrated
The Fall of the House of Usher

Bibliographic referencesPOLLIN 80 (203)

DescriptionFirst edition. Charles Baudelaire's translation of the tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, illustrated with ten aquatints by Alexandre Alexeïeff; including one in the frontispiece, seven full page and two vignettes in the text.
Edition printed in the printing press of R. Coulouma (Argenteuil) with H. Barthélemy as director. The etchings were printed in the workshop of Edmond Rigal (Paris). Copy number 81, of a limited edition of 351 numbered copies.
Hardcover binding with brown cloth and gilded title on the spine of the volume.

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