[Rarebooks] FS: The French trans. of Poe by Baudelaire. Paris: 1858. Orig. wrappers preserved

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Poe, Edgar Allan. AVENTURES D'ARTHUR GORDON PYM. Traduction de Charles Baudelaire. Paris: Michel Levy Freres. 1858. 12mo. (4),280pp. Orig. front and rear printed wrappers, as well as the printed spine (backed, and bound in at back). Finely bound half maroon crushed morocco and maroon marbled paper. Spine with 5 raised bands, and gold tooled title. Signed by French binder "Creuzevault." T.e.g. Hinges and corners of covers a bit rubbed.                      $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first French translation, by Poe admirer Charles Baudelaire. THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM was first published anonymously in 1838.

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