Recueil de Poésies, Extraites des Ouvrages d'Helena-Maria Williams, Traduites de l'Anglais par M. Stanislas de Boufflers . . . et par M. Esménard.
Place and Imprint: Paris: Fr. Cocheris Fils, Libraire, 1808.
Edition: First and only edition.
Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, Williams 8(c); OCLC records 15 copies.
Condition: Edges a little rubbed; fine copy.
Book ID: 28308
Physical Description
8vo, contemporary French red straight-grain morocco, blue watered silk doublures with gilt-decorated borders, boards, spine and inner dentelles, gilt lettering, a.e.g. Errata.Comments
A French translation of more than 30 poems by Helen Maria Williams, including ones on her real and imaginary travels: "Sonnet sur la ligne équinoxiale”; “Sonnet sur l’oiseau du tropique”; “Les glaciers des Alpes”; “Hymne, composé au milieu des Alpes”; and “Nouvelle Américaine.” French scholar, writer and friend of Williams, Charles Pougens (1755-1833) arranged the translations specifically for this sole edition; the majority of the poems were not published in English until 1823.Price: $1,600.00
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