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HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.

Trois Contes D'Hauthorne. Traduits de L'Anglais par Mm. LeRoy et Scheffter.

Place and Imprint: Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1853.
Edition: First edition of the first French translation of three of Hawthorne's tales: "David Swan," "Rappaccini's Daughter," and "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe."
Bibliographical References: OCLC records five copies (Bibliotheque Nationale de France and two others in France, Harvard and UVa); there is also a copy at Stanford.
Condition: Wrappers a little worn; edges skillfully repaired; very good copy.
Book ID: 29011

Physical Description

8vo, original printed yellow wrappers, untrimmed, [95] pages.

Comments

One of the earliest recorded translations of any of Hawthorne's works. There was also French translation of The Scarlet Letter about the same time, but it is undated.

Price: $600.00