Laocoon: A Forgotten Rhyme.
Translated into English Verse from the French by H.M. Carey. Caen, Eugène Poisson for B. Mancel, 1857. In-12 square (152 x 120 mm) of 15 pp. Green half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine decorated, cover preserved, gilt head (Saulnier).
Clouzot, 39; Vicaire, I, 298; Carteret, I, 109.
First edition, "printed in very small numbers on laid paper" (Clouzot).
The text in English and French is preceded by an introduction by
G.S. Trébutien who claims authorship of this work.
Spine unstained, otherwise a very good copy.
Provenance: Galerie Mancel (stamp of the gallery that paid for the printing of this work) - Château de Rosny "La Solitude" (bookplate).
The complete series in sheets with the covers
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