Histoire de whittington et de son chat.* Traduit de l'anglais par A. F. E. lépée...*History of whittington and his cat.
Londres [i.e. London].
Chez W. Darton, [s.d., c. 1825]
12mo.
36pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved English title, and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's printed pink wrappers. Extremities marked, worn, and sunned, wrappers detached. Frontispiece and title page spotted.
A rare survival, in original unsophisticated state, of the sole Darton edition of a translation into French of the perennially popular folk tale of Dick Whittington and his cat. The first English edition issued by Darton appeared in 1817.
OCLC records copies at two locations (Illinois and McMaster); COPAC adds two further (Oxford and V&A).
OCLC records copies at two locations (Illinois and McMaster); COPAC adds two further (Oxford and V&A).
Darton H1586.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 24472
