ERRATUM: First title torn without missing, possibly reported - Lot 191

Lot n° 191
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ERRATUM: First title torn without missing, possibly reported - Lot 191
ERRATUM: First title torn without missing, possibly reported; reassembled and laminated. /// CUISIN (J.-P.-R.)]. Les ombres sanglantes, galerie funèbre de prodiges, evénemens merveilleux, apparitions nocturnes, songes épouvantables [] cadavres mobiles, têtes ensanglantées et animées puisé dans des sources réelles. In Paris, by Vve Lepetit, 1820. Two volumes in 1 vol. in-12, [2] f., 261 p.?; [2] f., 255 p., front cover, contemporary half blond basane, smooth spine, red and green basane titles and gilt scrolls (snagging of the head cover, burn on the head on the edge hardly visible in the margins, first title torn and restored). Rare first edition, and the only early edition of this collection of stories "?fit to cause the strong emotions of terror", as its subtitle states. It contains all the ingredients of the literature inspired by the English Gothic novel in vogue at the time. Illustrated with two black engraved frontispieces.
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