Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires, Edgar Allan Poe, 1884, [Trans. Baudelaire]

Baudelaire’s celebrated French translation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires, presenting Poe’s tales in prose that profoundly shaped their reception in France and established Baudelaire as Poe’s most influential European interpreter. This edition is the first illustrated edition of Baudelaire's translation published in 1884. Complete. 

Good Condition. Original brown paper covers. Plates throughout. Light tear to front end paper. Uncut pages. Pages are lightly tanned. Binding is firm. Paper covers are overall good with light tear to front cover top-edge and some creasing to spine. Dark rubbing to rear board.