Les Nuits d'Young, Suivies des Tombeaux et des Meditations d'Hervey, etc. Tome Premier, Tome Second
by Young, Edward
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Etienne Ledoux. 1824. Hardcover. Two volumes, complete, a very uncommon edition. Marbled paper-covered boards with red leather backstrip stamped in gilt with 5 raised bands. Boards and leather rubbed, gilt still bright on spine, one abrasion on front board, very good. Compelling frontispiece engraving, "Le Temps est arme d'une faux, &c." Ledoux bookseller's label at corner of front pastedown of each volume. A nice set of Young, handsome on the shelf. Andre Breton declared the Night Thoughts a principal historical precursor of Surrealism.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380; 395 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Beasley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27955
- Title
- Les Nuits d'Young, Suivies des Tombeaux et des Meditations d'Hervey, etc. Tome Premier, Tome Second
- Author
- Young, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Chez Etienne Ledoux
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- Surrealism, Poetry, Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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