HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). La Lettre Rouge. -A- Roman Américain. Translated by Paul Émile DAURAND-FORGUES (1813-1883). Paris: Gabriel de Gonet [1853]. Octavo (174 x 105mm). Half-title (some minor foxing). Original quarter-leather over marbled boards (extremities a little rubbed).

— Trois Contes d’Hauthorne.Translated by Mm. Leroy et Scheffter. Paris : Librairie de L. Hachette, 1853. Octavo (173 x 111mm). Original printed yellow wrappers (worn, split down each spine); modern custom quarter morocco clamshell box.

Two first French editions—the earliest recorded translations into French of Hawthorne’s works.

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