Histoire d'un Homme du Peuple

Erckmann-Chatrain

Published by J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix, Paris, 1865

About this Item

An uncommon First Edition of the French author duo Erckmann-Chatrain's Histoire d'un Homme du Peuple. Dated from COPAC. With an armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, along with a nameplate for Marietta Ralli. Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Emile Erckmann, 1822 1899, and Alexandre Chatrian, 1826 1890, nearly all of whose works were jointly written. Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the departement of Moselle, in the Lorraine region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode, applying to the Vosges mountain range and the Alsace-Lorraine region techniques inspired by story-tellers from the Black Forest. Life-long friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarrelled during the mid-1880s, after they did not produce any more stories jointly. Gaining popularity from 1859 for their nationalistic, anti-militaristic and anti-German sentiments, they were well-selling authors. Bound in half leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Externally, smart with just some mild wear to the extremities and rubbing to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spotting. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # FGN10-E-4

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Histoire d'un Homme du Peuple
• Publisher: J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix, Paris
• Publication Date: 1865
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • World Literature