![]() ![]() A fixture of Western civilization’s literature, it is widely considered “.one of the best thrillers ever written" (Reid, 134). Set in France, Italy, and the Mediterranean islands in the midst of the Bourbon Restoration, the epic adventure story centres on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes jail, and makes plans to exact revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. Maurice Baring calls it the most popular book in the world" (Frank Wild Reed). The Count of Monte Cristo, in particular, is "perhaps the outstanding work of fiction to reveal the futility of human vengeance, even when it attains its utmost completeness. ![]() OCLC locates only one other copy of this work. In very good condition with some wear to the extremities. Small octavos, bound in full period green calf over pebbled morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, raised bands, all edges hand colored green, ribbons bound into each volume. This Belgian pirated edition features a misspelling of the title with “Christo” which was corrected in the L’Écho des Feuilletons illustrated edition, Paris 1846 with plates by Gavarni. Book 1 of 2 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I by Alexandre Dumas 4. One of the earliest known editions of The Count of Monte Cristo released simultaneously with the true first edition published in Paris by Pétion in 18 volumes with the first two issued in 1844 and the remaining sixteen in 1845. ![]() ![]() Item Number: 88153īruxelles: Societe Belge de Librairie, 1845-1846. ![]()
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