The Works of Prosper Merimee (The novels, tales and letters of) Complete in Eight Volumes

Prosper Merimee; George Saintsbury [Editor]

Frank S. Holby, 1906

8 volume set. Bound in publisher's 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Gilt decoration to spines. Top edges gilt. Minor shelf wear.  Solid bindings and covers. Clean, unmarked pages.  Illustrated by Robaudi.

Contents:  v. 1. Carmen; Arsene Guillot; Abbe Aubain. Tr. by Emily M. Waller, the Lady Mary Loyd and E.B. Thompson; with illustrations by G. Fraipont and S. Arco.--v. 2. Colomba, tr. by the Lady Mary Loyd; with illustrations by G. Vuillier.--v. 3. The mosaic, comprising Mateo Falcone, and other tales. Tr. by Emily M. Waller and Mary H. Dey; with illustrations by J. Le Blant, P. Sinibaldi, L.O. Merson, Myrbach, E. de Beaumont, and Lelauze.--v. 4. The double mistake; Souls in purgatory; The Venus of Ille. Tr. by W.M. Arnold, Olive E. Palmer, and Emily M. Waller; with illustrations by G. Fraipont, A. Bramtot, and J.J. Aranda. v. 5. Last stories and translations, tr. by Emily M. Waller and Louise Paul; with illustrations by A. Robaudi: Lokis, the "Viccolo" of Madam Lucrezia. The blue chamber. Djoumane. The Spanish witches. The pistol shot. The queen of spades. The Bohemians. The hussar.--v. 6. A chronicle of the reign of Charles IX, tr. by G. Saintsbury; with illustrations by E. Toudouze.--v. 7-8. Letters to an unknown, tr. by Olive E. Palmer.