TitleHistoires extraordinaires. Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires
AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
Editing placeParis
EditorialA. Quantin Imprimeur-Éditeur
Year1884
IllustratorFortuné-Louis Méaulle , François-Nicolas Chifflart, Henri Meyer , Hermann Vogel [Wögel], Herpin, Jean-Paul Laurens , Jules-Descartes Férat
Edition typeAnthology (translation)
TranslatorCharles Baudelaire
LanguageFrench
LibraryBUCLM 821-3 POE his (1 y 2)
Volumes2
Number of pages382
Size (in cms)22,8 x 14,5
Works included
A Descent into the Maelström
A Tale of Jerusalem
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Berenice
Eleonora
Epimanes (Four Beasts in One)
Hop-Frog
King Pest. A Tale Containing an Allegory
Landor´s Cottage
Life in Death (The Oval Portrait)
Ligeia
Lionizing
Maelzel's Chess Player
Mesmeric Revelation
Metzengerstein
Morella
MS. Found in a Bottle
Shadow - A Parable
Silence - A Fable
Some Words with a Mummy
The Angel of the Odd
The Balloon Hoax
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
The Devil in the Belfry
The Domain of Arnheim
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Imp of the Perverse
The Island of the Fay
The Man of the Crowd
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget. A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Power of Words
The Purloined Letter
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall
William Wilson
Works illustrated
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Berenice
Frontispiece
Hop-Frog
Life in Death (The Oval Portrait)
Ligeia
Metzengerstein
MS. Found in a Bottle
Portrait
Shadow - A Parable
Silence - A Fable
Some Words with a Mummy
The Black Cat
The Devil in the Belfry
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget. A Sequel to ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Purloined Letter
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall
William Wilson
Bibliographic referencesCORREOSO RODENAS 34-35; DROST 27, 113-115, 129, 137-140, 146-148, 167, 169-170, 173, 179-180, 210-212, 236; GONZÁLEZ MORENO 123-125, 142; POLLIN 69-70 (145); RIGAL ARAGÓN-GONZÁLEZ MORENO 49-220
DescriptionThird edition of Baudelaire´s translation; first illustrated. It includes Baudelaire´s essays ´Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses oeuvres´ and ´Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe´ and 14 (Histoires extraordinaires) + 30 stories by Poe (Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires) accompanied by twenty-six etchings and photoengravings (héliogravures) including a portrait of Poe and an allegorical frontispiece (´The Imagination of Poe´).
The prints belongs to Hermann Vogel [Wögel], who signs seventeen –thirteen engraved by himself and four by Eugène-Michel-Joseph Abot–; François-Nicolas Chifflart, who designs and etches the portrait of Poe and the frontispiece; to Jules-Descartes Férat, author of two; and Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, Herpin, Henri Meyer, Jean-Paul Laurens and Fortuné-Louis Méaulle, who each design one.
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