Contes populaires
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 243
Author
Erckmann-Chatrian
Title
Contes populaires
Statement of responsibility
By Erckmann-Chatrian
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Collection Hetzel et Lacroix; Librairie Internationale; J. Hetzel, éditeur
Printer
Imprimerie L. Poupart-Davyl, rue du Bac, 30
Date
[ca. 1867-1870]
Edition
Third edition
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Collection Hetzel et Lacroix, Librairie Internationale, J. Hetzel, éditeur, [ca. 1867-1870]
Language
French
Tirage
Not indicated
Collation
366 pages
Illustrations
None
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
Approximately 19 cm
Typographic signatures
Not visible in the supplied images
Paper type
Ivory-toned vélin paper with homogeneous ageing
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
French serif typography; sharp typographic printing
Binding type
Half leather binding with corners
Colours
Red and mottled brown
Decoration
Spine with gilt tooling and stamped title; marbled paper boards; decorated polychrome marbled endpapers
Spine
Smooth red leather spine with gilt tooling and stamped title
Content description
Collection of popular tales and stories set mainly in Alsace and rural regions; includes fantastic, humorous and costumbrist narratives characteristic of Erckmann-Chatrian’s work
Note 1
Third French edition published by the Hetzel house
Note 2
Contains final table of contents
Note 3
Preserves decorative period half leather binding
Note 4
Copy printed by L. Poupart-Davyl, rue du Bac, 30, Paris
Note 5
No illustrations or frontispieces observed in the supplied images
Main subject
Nineteenth-century French popular literature
Subsubjects
Folk tale; Alsatian narrative; rural stories; fantastic literature; French costumbrismo
Shelfmark
243
Condition
Good overall condition; slight rubbing to the binding and small scattered oxidation spots; interiors clean and complete
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Preserves polychrome marbled endpapers; solid and properly bound copy