(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Lot of 6 works in 8...
(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Lot of 6 works in 8 volumes.
- Travel Sketches. A Year on the Banks of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers. Compiled from the accounts of an emigrant by Alexandre Dumas. Brussels, Alphonse Lebègue, 1852.
3 tomes in 1 in-16 volume, half-flamed sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, worn, rubbed corners, a few minor foxing spots.
Included at the front: A signed autograph letter to Mr. André Durand in Moulins. Undated. ½ p. in-8. He offers him a seat in his carriage “to come to Bourbon with us… We’re going hunting; we’re leaving in three-quarters of an hour.”
- Jacques Ortis. Preceded by an Essay on the Life and Writings of Ugo Foscolo by Eugène de Montlaur and followed by an unpublished translation of selected works by M. L. Delatre. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1842.
In-12, half-calf with corner caps, double gilt fillets on the covers, plain gilt spine, gilt initial in the center of the front cover.
[2 ff.], LII, 280 pp., [2 ff.]
An Italian Werther: This is a translation of Ugo Foscolo’s novel *Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis*, itself inspired by Goethe’s *Werther*: An unknown young poet falls in love with a young woman, Teresa, whom her father has destined for another man. As a dutiful daughter, she renounces the young man, who leaves her in despair and sets off to travel throughout Italy. There, he awakens to a sense of national identity.
The patriotic spirit that permeates this work surely inspired Dumas to make it known in France.
Pier-Angelo Fiorentino, author of the preface, whom Dumas had met in Naples, contributed to the translation of Ugo Foscolo’s epistolary novel.
- *A House of Ice*. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1860.
2 volumes in one in-12 volume, red half-basane, smooth spine, title labels in black morocco, upper cap torn off, spine faded and cracked, corners worn, rare foxing.
[2 ff.], 326 pp.; [2 ff.], 300 pp.
- A Love Adventure. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1862.
In-12, porphyry half-basane with a smooth spine, speckled edges, lower cap rubbed, minor superficial scuffing, scattered foxing.
[2 ff.], 274 pp., [1 f.]
- La Bouillie de la comtesse Berthe. Paris, Calmann Lévy, n.d.
In-12, green half-basane, spine with faded raised bands, decorated with gold fillets.
[2 ff.], 242 pp.
- Les Blancs et les Bleus. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1867.
3 volumes in 12, half-percaline with burgundy corners, spine with 4 untitled raised bands.
[2 ff.], 305 pp.; [2 ff.], 323 pp.; [2 ff.], 263 pp.
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(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Lot of 6 works in 8 volumes.
- Travel Sketches. A Year on the Banks of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers. Compiled from the accounts of an emigrant by Alexandre Dumas. Brussels, Alphonse Lebègue, 1852.
3 tomes in 1 in-16 volume, half-flamed sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, worn, rubbed corners, a few minor foxing spots.
Included at the front: A signed autograph letter to Mr. André Durand in Moulins. Undated. ½ p. in-8. He offers him a seat in his carriage “to come to Bourbon with us… We’re going hunting; we’re leaving in three-quarters of an hour.”
- Jacques Ortis. Preceded by an Essay on the Life and Writings of Ugo Foscolo by Eugène de Montlaur and followed by an unpublished translation of selected works by M. L. Delatre. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1842.
In-12, half-calf with corner caps, double gilt fillets on the covers, plain gilt spine, gilt initial in the center of the front cover.
[2 ff.], LII, 280 pp., [2 ff.]
An Italian Werther: This is a translation of Ugo Foscolo’s novel *Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis*, itself inspired by Goethe’s *Werther*: An unknown young poet falls in love with a young woman, Teresa, whom her father has destined for another man. As a dutiful daughter, she renounces the young man, who leaves her in despair and sets off to travel throughout Italy. There, he awakens to a sense of national identity.
The patriotic spirit that permeates this work surely inspired Dumas to make it known in France.
Pier-Angelo Fiorentino, author of the preface, whom Dumas had met in Naples, contributed to the translation of Ugo Foscolo’s epistolary novel.
- *A House of Ice*. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1860.
2 volumes in one in-12 volume, red half-basane, smooth spine, title labels in black morocco, upper cap torn off, spine faded and cracked, corners worn, rare foxing.
[2 ff.], 326 pp.; [2 ff.], 300 pp.
- A Love Adventure. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1862.
In-12, porphyry half-basane with a smooth spine, speckled edges, lower cap rubbed, minor superficial scuffing, scattered foxing.
[2 ff.], 274 pp., [1 f.]
- La Bouillie de la comtesse Berthe. Paris, Calmann Lévy, n.d.
In-12, green half-basane, spine with faded raised bands, decorated with gold fillets.
[2 ff.], 242 pp.
- Les Blancs et les Bleus. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1867.
3 volumes in 12, half-percaline with burgundy corners, spine with 4 untitled raised bands.
[2 ff.], 305 pp.; [2 ff.], 323 pp.; [2 ff.], 263 pp.
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