262 - SUE, Eugène.

SUE, Eugène. The Mysteries of Paris. New edition. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1843–1844. 4 volumes, in-4 long. Contemporary green half-maroquin binding with period corners; spine with raised bands adorned with gilded floral panels; gilded title; double gilded fillet on the covers (minimal signs of wear on the raised bands, corners, and edges). First illustrated edition, partly original, published a few months after the very rare first edition. A beautiful, very fresh copy in a lovely contemporary binding by E. Petit. Includes the half-titles. Illustrated with vignettes and 81 plates engraved in black on wood or steel after Trimolet, Nanteuil, Pauquet, Daumier, or Staal… Included: POE, Edgar. Reprints of 3 of the 5 famous translations by Charles Baudelaire, in their original period pamphlets. -Eureka. -The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. -More Extraordinary Tales. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1875 (earliest date). 3 in-12 paperback volumes, with original green printed covers (slight paper oxidation, spines somewhat faded and rubbed; the cover of *Eureka* is stained, that of *New Extraordinary Stories* is slightly torn at the bottom, and the pages of *Gordon Pym* are stained at the end) *Eureka*, a prose poem and cosmological essay; *Gordon Pym* is Poe’s only completed novel, and *New Tales*, the famous collection of fantastic short stories following *Extraordinary Tales*.