TitleHistorias Extraordinarias
AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
Editing placeMexico, D.F.
EditorialEditora Nacional
Year1974
IllustratorFernando Xumetra Ragull
Edition typeAnthology (translation)
TranslatorEnrique Leopoldo de Verneuil
LanguageSpanish
LibraryBUCLM 821-3 POE his
Volumes1
Number of pages329
Size (in cms)17 x 11
Works included
A Descent into the Maelström
Ligeia
Metzengerstein
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Gold-Bug
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall
William Wilson
Works illustrated
A Descent into the Maelström
Ligeia
Metzengerstein
Portrait
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Gold-Bug
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall
William Wilson
Bibliographic references
DescriptionThis edition includes eleven tales translated by Enrique Leopoldo de Verneuil, as well as a prologue on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe ("Edgardo Poe. Su vida y sus obras") by Charles Baudelaire.
All the tales are illustrated with a total of thirty vignettes and full-page illustrations by Fernando Xumetra Ragull, along with an allegorical portrait of Poe.
The illustrations first appeared in 1887 in the work Historias extraordinarias (Barcelona: Daniel Cortezo y Cª., 1887).
Paperback binding with a color illustrated cover.
