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119 - ENGLISH DETECTIVE NOVELS and related works.
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ENGLISH DETECTIVE NOVELS and related works. A collection of 11 titles. Set of 35 in-12 volumes. 1) [SUTHERLAND (Alexander)]. The Ruins of Dunnismoyle Castle, or The Misfortunes of the Family of Lord St-Kathleen. Paris, Corbet, 1822. 5 volumes, light-coloured half-calf, smooth spines with decorative lettering, marbled edges (contemporary binding). 1 frontispiece. First edition of the translation, published two years after the original English edition. Translated by Pierre Dubergier according to Quérard XI, p. 134. – Summers 492. Étienne Cluzel bookplate. 2° [CONSTANT DE REBECQUE (Samuel)]. Camille, or Letters from Two Girls of This Century; Translated from the English from the originals. Paris, Delalain, Maradan, Year V–1797. 4 tomes in 2 volumes, half-calf, smooth spine (contemporary binding). 4 frontispieces. Attributed to Constant by Barbier I, 483 and Gay. 3) SMITH (Horace). Tor Hill. A story from the time of Henry VIII. Novel translated from the English by A. J. B. Defauconpret. Paris, Gosselin, 1827. 5 volumes in 4 parts, later half-calf, yellow edges. From the library of the Baron de Nervo, with bookplate. 4) PORTER (Jane). The Scottish Chiefs, a Romance. London, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816. 5 volumes, in brown half-kid, with decorated raised bands on the spine (contemporary binding). The first edition was published in 1810. A historical novel set during the Anglo-Scottish wars. Porter lived in Edinburgh, where she was acquainted with W. Scott. 5) [SINGER?]. The Mysterious Castle or The Orphaned Heir; a novel translated from the English by P. F. Henry. Paris, Denné, 1798. 2 volumes, contemporary half-basane. 2 frontispieces. An edition from the same date was published by Maradan. 6) PORTER (Miss A. M.). The Fast of Saint Magdalene, or The Illustrious Outlaws. Paris, Nicolle, 1819. 3 volumes, in modern black half-calf. 7) [WOOD (Sally)]. The Enlightened Baron. Versailles, Locard; Paris, Desprez, Year XII [1804]. 2 tomes in one in-12 volume, modern half-calf. 2 frontispieces. 8) [BROOKE (Frances Moore)]. The Story of Julie Mandeville... Paris, Duchesne, 1764. 2 tomes in one volume, contemporary marbled calf. 9) [ANONYMOUS]. Zoraïm, or the Adventures of a Young Muslim. Translated from the English by C. Félicité Beauharnois. Paris, Dhotel, Year VII [1799]. Decorated cardboard binding, preserved in a modern slipcase. This is likely a spurious translation modelled on English novels. According to Mylne Martin 99.40, the author is thought to be J. Fiévée. Frontispiece. 10) [CUTHBERSTON (Catherine)]. The Forest of Montalbano. Paris, Dentu, 1813. 5 volumes in modern black half-calf. Frontispiece. 11) [MARSHALL (T. H.)]. The Irish Necromancer. Paris, Boulland, 1824. 4 paperback volumes, with decorated covers, preserved in a modern slipcase. First edition of Dubergier’s translation of a work published in 1821.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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