TitleHistorias extraordinarias. Gran colección de historias, novelas, cuentos y leyendas fantásticas

AuthorEdgar Allan Poe; E. T. A. Hoffmann, Alejandro Dumas; Émile Souvestre; Oscar Comettant; Samuel Warren; Washington Irving; et al.

Editing placeBarcelona

EditorialJuan Pons

Year1870

IllustratorEusebio Planas

Edition typeAnthology (translation)

TranslatorJosé Comas

LanguageSpanish

LibraryBUCLM 821-3 HIS his

Volumes1

Number of pages1147

Size (in cms)25 x 17

Works included
Ligeia
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

Works illustrated
Frontispiece

Bibliographic references

DescriptionCollection of twenty-five fantastic stories by different authors (Hoffmann, "La careta de la muerte", "La casa desierta", "La iglesia de los jesuitas"; Alejandro Dumas, "La mujer del collar de terciopelo", "Un drama bajo el terror", "Los bandidos de la Calabria", "Los Mil y un Fantasmas"; Emilio Souwestre, "El amor de un presidiario", "La honra de una esclava"; Oscar Comettant, "El amor de un esclavo"; Samuel Varrens, "El espectro"; Washington Irving, "El caballero sin cabeza"; A. Robert, "El capitán Espavento"; Lord Byron, "Oscar de Alva", "Parisina"; Alery, "El alma transmigrada"; Julio Laprade, "El baile de las Willis", "Las Hadas del Lago"; H. de Chavannes, "El bandido Corso"; Un autor alemán, "El amor de los amores"; Samuel Vawen, "Una historia Sepulcral"; J. B. Boredon, "Isabel" [sic.]) including three stories by Edgar Allan Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher", "Ligeia" and "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"
Illustrated edition by Eusebio Planas with twelve illustrations, especially notable is the inside cover illustrated by Planas and engraved by Francesc Brangulí i Royo.
Hardcover binding, with maroon spine and gilded lettering.

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