Mérimée prosper

1897 · 24761 — New York: Brentano's 1897. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth both covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Teg. Fine. 305 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Two pages of publisher adverts at rear. Merimee a French writer in the movement of Romanticism one of the pioneers of the novella and a master of the short story. In 1831 he met a young girl Jenny Dacquin with whom he engaged in a lifelong correspondence. She is the "unknown". The book was published after his death. Owner inscription front cover paste-down. Small bookseller label rear paste-down Belknap & Warfield Booksellers Hartford Conn. Brentano's hardcover