Atala by Chateaubriand / Gustave Dore' / Belford Clarke 1891

Description: Atala by Chateaubriand. Translated by James Spence Harry. Illustrated by Gustave Doré.Published by Belford, Clarke and Co, Chicago, 1891 The covers are olive green over heavy boards with beveled edges. The front cover is stamped with an illustration by Gustav Doré in gold and ink. Heavy gilding to all page edges. Decorative cover sheets There are 30 plates plus many half size illustrations by Doré. The plates have tissue guards. Condition. Fair boards, Good internally The boards have heavy abrasion along corners and all edges. The front cover has light soiling and scuffing; back cover shows moderate scuffing, surface dirt and fading. The spine cover is missing; needs rebacking. The text block is firm with no loose pages. Front cover sheets have several small pencil marks, ffep is loosening. The thick pages are free of markings, light even age-toning; no foxing The plates are unmarked and in beautiful condition. Questions? Contact us; happy to provide more info or photos. Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le désert (English: Atala, or The Loves of two Indian savages in the desert) is an early novella by French author François-René de Chateaubriand, first published on 12 germinal IX (2 April 1801). The story is told from the point of view of the 73-year-old hero, Chactas, whose story is preserved by an oral tradition among the Seminoles. The work, at least partially inspired by his travels in North America,] reflects the eighteenth-century French Romanticism and exoticism of its time and went through five editions in its first year. It was adapted frequently for stage, and translated into many languages.

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