Contes Fantastiques; Hoffmann; traduits par X. Marmier, précédés d'une notice par le traducteur [provenance: Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill]

Paris: Charpentier, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good +. viii, [2], 456 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title, author, and translator. Gilt-ruled border on each board. All page edges marbled; matching marbled endpapers. Blind-rolled decoration on board edges and turn-ins. "Nouvelle Édition augmentée d'une Étude sur les Contes Fantastiques d'Hoffmann par Théophile Gautier." Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper verso: "T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Tokyo. Feb. 1888." Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill (1857-1934) served as Second Secretary in the British legation in Tokyo from 1887 to 1891. Over the years he gave over 70 East Asian textiles and other items to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Contents: Le Violon de Crémone -- Les Maitres Chanteurs -- Mademoiselle de Scudéri -- Le Majorat -- Maitre Martin et ses Ouvriers -- Le Bonheur au Jeu -- Le Choix d'une Fiancée -- Marino Falieri -- Don Juan -- Le Voeu. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; occasional light foxing in the margins; otherwise, clean and tight.