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Subject | Fairy tales, Fiction, French translation, German literature, Literature, Mystery |
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Translator | Christian, Paul [Pitois, Jean-Baptiste] (French, 1811 – 1877) |
Artist | Gavarni, Paul [Chevalier, Sulpice Guillaume] (French, 1804 – 1866) |
Engraver | Brevière, Louis-Henri (French, 1797 – 1869), Novion (French, fl. 19th century) |
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Contes fantastiques de Hoffmann / traduction par P. Christian, Illustrés par Gavarni. — Paris: Lavigne, 1843.
Title: CONTES FANTASTIQUES | DE | HOFFMANN | TRADUCTION NOUVELLE ; PRÉCÉDÉS | DE SOUVENIRS INTIMES SUR LA VIE DE L’AUTEUR | PAR P. CHRISTIAN. | ILLUSTRÉS PAR GAVARNI. | {Publisher’s device} | — PARIS, | LAVIGNE, LIBRAIRE-ÉDITEUR, | 1 RUE DU PAON SAINT-ANDRÉ. | MDCCCXLIII. ||
Pagination: ffl, [i-vi] –h.t. / colopon, t.p. /blank, dedication /blank, [vii] viii-xix [xx][1,-3] 4-522, bfl, + woodcut illustrations by Brévière et Novionafter Gavarni: 10 full page plates, initials, tail pieces, and in text.
Collation: [a]-b4 c2, 1-654 661.
Binding: Quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, raised bands with gilt double fillets, gilt arabesque in compartments, title lettering.
Catalogue raisonné: L. Carteret (1927), p. 295.