Les Éphémères, Essais Poétiques

by Alexandre Latil

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First edition

First edition. The author's first and only book, dying of leprosy at age 35. 198, 2 pp. Half-title. Errata in the rear. 8vo. Disbound. Scattered light foxing and minor staining to text. Shapiro, Creole Echoes: The Francophone Poetry of Nineteenth - Century Louisiana, p. 99; c.f. DAB, Vol. 6, p. 17. Item #333565 Alexandre Latil 1816-1851 was born in New Orleans, and educated at Les Ecoles Centrale et

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