The writings of Prosper Mérimée, with an essay on the genius and achievement of the author / by George Saintsbury ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.

Contributor:

Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933.

Standardized Title:

Works. English. 1905

Language:

English

French

Physical Description:

8 volumes : color frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Croscup & Holby company, 1905.

Contents:

v. 1. Carmen; Arsène Guillot; Abbé Aubain. Tr. by Emily M. Waller, the Lady Mary Loyd and Dr. E. B. Thompson; with illustrations by G. Fraipont and S. Arcos.

v. 2. Colomba, tr. by the Lady Mary Loyd; with illustrations by G. Vuillier.

v. 3. The mosaic, comprising Mateo Falcone, and other tales. Tr. by Emily M. Waller and Mary H. Dey; with illustrations by J. Le Blant, P. Sinibaldi, L. O. Merson, Myrbach, E. de Beaumont, and Lalauze.

v. 4. The double mistake; Souls in purgatory; The Venus of Ille. Tr. by W. M. Arnold, Olive E. Palmer, and Emily M. Waller; with illustrations by G. Fraipont, A. Bramtot, and J. J. Aranda.

v. 5. Last stories and translations, tr. by Emily M. Waller and Louise Paul; with illustrations by A. Robaudi: Lokis. The "Viccolo" of Madam Lucrezia. The blue chamber. Djoûmane. The Spanish witches. The pistol shot. The queen of spades. The Bohemians. The hussar.

v. 6. A chronicle of the reign of Charles IX, tr. by G. Saintsbury; with illustrations by E. Toudouze.

v. 7-8. Letters to an unknown, tr. by Olive E. Palmer.

Notes:

Added t.-p. engraved: The writings of Prosper Mérimée, late of the French academy, comprising his novels, tales and letters to an unknown ...

"Large paper edition. This edition of the writings of Prosper Mérimée is limited to five hundred and twenty numbered and registered copies." This set not numbered.

Frontispiece in two states.

Each volume has special t.-p.

OCLC:

1227270