1845-1846 3 Vols The Mysteries of Paris

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

Bound in dark half morocco binding with marbled paper boards.

The first English editions. 

Complete in three volumes. 

Richly illustrated with vignettes throughout. 

A landmark French social novel, first published in instalments in the newspaper Journal des débats from 1842 to 1843, the story follows the wealthy nobleman Rodolphe, who disguises himself to live among the poor in Paris, moving through the city’s criminal underworld. 

Eugène Sue (1804-1857) was a French novelist whose socially engaged fiction made him one of the most widely read writers of the mid-19th century. His work inspired major political and literary reactions, including the rise of the serial feuilleton novel.