Edmond de la forêt
Subtitle: roman historique
By: par l'auteur de Cicely ; traduit de l'anglais par le traducteur de La forêt, ou l'Abbaye de Saint-Clair ; orné de figures
Publisher: Chez Langlois, imprimeur-libraire, rue de Thionville, no. 1840
Published: 1798
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Translated from: eng
Work titles: Edmund of the forest
Notes: A translation of Edmund of the forest, by Agnes Musgrave, first published London: William Lane, 1797.

The translator of La forêt, ou L'abbaye de Saint Clair is François Soulès.

Volume 1: xii, 275, [1] pages (last page blank), [1] leaf of plates; v.2: [4], 292 pages, [1] leaf of plates; v.3: [4], 311, [1] pages (last page blank), [1] leaf of plates; v.4: [4], 338 pages, [1] leaf of plates.

Each volume has half title leaf and frontispiece. Frontispieces signed: Challiou del.; De Launay Sc.

Each v. has bookplate with the phrase "Mieux vaut plus tôt" printed(?) over and over to cover the entire plate, and with the initials G.H. [for Georges Hugnet] in ms. against this background.

Bound in contemporary mottled sheep, with marbled endpapers; spines gilt, each with 1 red morocco lettering-piece and 1 black morocco numbering-piece; green silk bookmarks.