TitleHistoires Extraordinaires D'Edgard Allan Poe; suivies de La genése d'un poéme

AuthorEdgar Allan Poe

Editing placeParis

EditorialEditions D’Art Édouard Pelletan; R. Helleu, Libraire-Éditeur

Year1916

IllustratorBernard Naudin

Edition typeAnthology (translation)

TranslatorCharles Baudelaire

LanguageFrench

LibraryBUCLM 821-3 POE his (1-2)

Volumes2

Number of pages382

Size (in cms)21 x 15,5

Works included
A Descent into the Maelström
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Ligeia
Mesmeric Revelation
Metzengerstein
Morella
MS. Found in a Bottle
The Balloon Hoax
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Gold-Bug
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget. A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
The Philosophy of Composition
The Purloined Letter
The Raven
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall

Works illustrated
A Descent into the Maelström
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Ligeia
Mesmeric Revelation
Metzengerstein
Morella
MS. Found in a Bottle
Portrait
The Balloon Hoax
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Gold-Bug
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget. A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
The Philosophy of Composition
The Purloined Letter
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall

Bibliographic referencesPOLLIN 74 (169)

DescriptionIt includes fourteen tales, an essay and the poem "The Raven"; in addition to a preface "Sa vie et ses oeuvres" by the translator Charles Baudelaire. Under the title "La genese d'un poéme" there is included a preamble by the translator, "The Raven" and the text of the essay itself, "The Philosophy of Composition".
It is illustrated by sixteen woodcuts by Bernard Naudin, and a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe as a frontispiece; they are engraved by Perrichon, Germain and Aubert. The entire edition is decorated with colophons that are repeated alternately in the texts (twenty-two compositions in total).
Copy no. 573 of a limited edition of 750 numbered copies.
Hardbound book with half leather binding.

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