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The Old English Baron

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Author Clara Reeve
Translated by Pierre-Antoine de La Place

Description

Gothic novel by Clara Reeve, translated from English by M. de la Place and published in Paris in 1787.

French original edition of Clara Reeve’s most famous novel, second writer after Horace Walpole of the Gothic literary school.

The Old English Baron is the literary offspring of The Castle of Otranto.
Very rare.
Bookplate by André Breton.

Creation date1787
Date of publication 1787
Publicationfirst publication
LanguagesFrench
Number of pagesIV-325
PublisherDidot, Paris, Jombert Jeune
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 817
Keywords,
CategoriesBooks, poems, fiction, non-fiction
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100252541