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Alexandre Dumas, 1845-1846
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, 1845-1846
DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). Le Comte de Monte-Christo. Brussels: Societe Belge de Librairie, 1845-1846.
Rare early edition, issued simultaneously with the first edition in Paris by Pétion. The Count of Monte Cristo is an epic adventure story centred on the vengeance mission of a wrongfully imprisoned young sailor, Edmond Dantès. It is said to be "perhaps the outstanding work of fiction to reveal the futility of human vengeance, even when it attains its utmost completeness. Maurice Baring calls it the most popular book in the world" (Frank Wild Reed). This edition is not recorded at auction, and was not known to Reed.
Fifteen parts in seven volumes, 16mo (139 x 87mm). Half-titles. Plum half-cloth over marbled boards, edges marbled (spines sunned); in three custom boxes. Provenance: S.L. van Vollenhoven (signature, sometimes partially erased, in all volumes).
Alexandre Dumas, 1845-1846
DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). Le Comte de Monte-Christo. Brussels: Societe Belge de Librairie, 1845-1846.
Rare early edition, issued simultaneously with the first edition in Paris by Pétion. The Count of Monte Cristo is an epic adventure story centred on the vengeance mission of a wrongfully imprisoned young sailor, Edmond Dantès. It is said to be "perhaps the outstanding work of fiction to reveal the futility of human vengeance, even when it attains its utmost completeness. Maurice Baring calls it the most popular book in the world" (Frank Wild Reed). This edition is not recorded at auction, and was not known to Reed.
Fifteen parts in seven volumes, 16mo (139 x 87mm). Half-titles. Plum half-cloth over marbled boards, edges marbled (spines sunned); in three custom boxes. Provenance: S.L. van Vollenhoven (signature, sometimes partially erased, in all volumes).
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