Alexandre. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ... Publié per le Siècle [Supplément au Journal Le Siècle , Œuvres complètes].

by DUMAS

£5,000 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

Very early Count of Monte Cristo DUMAS, Alexandre. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ... Publié per le Siècle [Supplément au Journal Le Siècle , Œuvres complètes]. Paris: Bureaux du Journal Le Siècle . 28 September 1845 – 1 February 1846 [ title page : 1846]. 4to. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, flat spine gilt and blind ruled in compartments, lettered directly in gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. [4], 408; boards slightly rubbed, extremities a little worn, slight damage to foot of spine and lower hinge; some occasional light foxing, a few marks, pp 397-398 cropped at head affecting running titles only; generally very good; occasional "Timbre Royal Seine 6 c." tax stamps to lower edges. Second feuilleton edition, published as a supplement to the Parisian newspaper Le Siècle , and one of the very first editions of Le Comte de Monte-Cristo . Serialised as the first volume of the Oeuvres complètes d’Alexandre Dumas in the supplement to Le Siècle , this edition was published partway through the serialisation of Le Comte de Monte-Cristo in the newspaper Le Journal des Débats , the novel’s true first edition, which ran from 28 August 1844 to 15 January 1846. Le Siècle began a second serialisation on 28 September 1845, issuing one part per week for 18 weeks, before concluding the novel on 1 February 1846, just two weeks after Le Journal des Débats finished its run, with a single, large instalment that included the novel’s final two-thirds. The volume is complete with its title page

• Binding: Hardcover

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