Oeuvres de Erckmann-Chatrian (3 volumes with 8 stories): VOLUME ONE- Histoire d'un Paysan 1789 - 1915, VOLUME TWO- Madame Therese, La Guerre, Histoire d'un Conscrit de 1813, Le Blocus, VOLUME THREE- L'invasion, Waterloo, Histoire d'un Homme du Peuple
- Hardcover
- Paris: Bibliotheque Populaire. D'Education et de Recreation. J. Hetzel et Cie, n.d., 19th-century, 1870
Paris: Bibliotheque Populaire. D'Education et de Recreation. J. Hetzel et Cie, n.d., 19th-century, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes 8 of Erckmann-Chatrian's works. Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian wrote nearly all of their works together. They are best known for their military fiction and supernatural horror including "The Crab Spider", "The Man-Wolf", and "The Wild Huntsman." This collection focuses on their military works. Each work is illustrated; Histoire d'un Paysan is illustrated by Theophile Schuler.
Ex-library with library markings to bottoms of spines and first few pages of each volume. All volumes are in very good condition bound in three quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners, minor rubbing to boards. Clean interiors overall with browning to margins, light chipping to edges of some pages, and sporadic foxing. Full marbled edges and marbled end pages. Front end pages of volume one is nearly detached. An attractive set. Each part is paginated separately. Each volume is approximately 200 - 300 pages. Quartos. In French. FRE2/1232.
Ex-library with library markings to bottoms of spines and first few pages of each volume. All volumes are in very good condition bound in three quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners, minor rubbing to boards. Clean interiors overall with browning to margins, light chipping to edges of some pages, and sporadic foxing. Full marbled edges and marbled end pages. Front end pages of volume one is nearly detached. An attractive set. Each part is paginated separately. Each volume is approximately 200 - 300 pages. Quartos. In French. FRE2/1232.