L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 248
Author
Erckmann-Chatrian
Title
L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof
Statement of responsibility
By Erckmann-Chatrian
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Bibliothèque d’Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel
Printer
Not identified
Date
[ca. 1860-1870]
Edition
Twelfth edition
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Bibliothèque d’Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel, rue Jacob, 18, [ca. 1860-1870]
Language
French
Tirage
Not indicated
Collation
318 pages
Illustrations
Not visible in the supplied images
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
Approximately 18-19 cm
Typographic signatures
Not visible in the supplied images
Paper type
Satin-finished industrial mechanical pulp paper
Watermarks
Not visible
Printing condition
Good; sharp typographic printing with slight oxidation
Binding type
Half leather binding with corners and marbled boards
Colours
Red and marbled tones
Decoration
Gilt tooling on spine; gilt ornaments; gilt title
Spine
Red leather spine with decoration and gilt-stamped title
Content description
Novel set during the invasion of 1814, belonging to the nineteenth-century French popular and juvenile literature published by Hetzel; combines historical narrative, adventure and patriotic atmosphere
Note 1
Twelfth edition published by J. Hetzel
Note 2
Copy belonging to the Bibliothèque d’Éducation et de Récréation
Note 3
Preserves decorative period binding with polychrome marbled endpapers
Note 4
No illustrations or frontispieces visible in the supplied images
Note 5
Representative edition of nineteenth-century French popular literature
Main subject
Nineteenth-century French popular literature
Subsubjects
Historical novel; Napoleonic invasion; juvenile fiction; patriotic literature; Erckmann-Chatrian
Shelfmark
248
Condition
Very good; slight rubbing at extremities and small superficial losses on spine; light scattered foxing
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Solid and properly bound copy; preserves comb-pattern decorated endpapers