Nye eventyr og historier. [Nouveaux contes et histoires].

10 fascicules reliés en 3 volumes petit in-8 carré.
Demi-basane fauve a coins, plats couverts d'un beau papier a la colle, dos lisse orne, pièces de titre vertes, tranches mouchetées. Reliure du XIXe siècle.

163 x 127 mm.

Andersen, Hans Christian. Nye eventyr og historier. [Nouveaux contes et histoires].
Copenhague, C. A. Reitzels, 1858-1872.

Éditions originales des 3 séries complètes des Nouveaux contes et histoires, publiées en 10 fascicules entre 1858 et 1872.

Recueil de 61 récits, parmi les meilleurs contes d'Andersen.

Les contes d’Andersen sont un des livres les plus traduits, lus et adaptés dans le monde.

"With the passing of each year, Andersen's genious brought forth new "wonder stories", and the fame he had so desperately craved and striven for became a reality. Little did he know in the spring of 1835, when he all but had to beg his publisher to accept these remarkable tales, that one day they would make him immortal. And little did the critics, nearly all of whom advised him to give up his "experiment" and devote himself to his other writings, ever dream that they would live to see him gain world acclaim for these tales. For almost a hundred years now, generation after generation has been brought up on Andersen's stories. Take the English-speaking world, for instance. Since the first appearance of Andersen's Fairy Tales in London and New York, in 1846, over seven hundred different editions, including dozens of varied translations, illustrated by more than a hundred different artists, have been published in the United States alone. Indeed, Andersen's stories will live on as classics - as much part of our civilization as the two primary educational factors, reading and writing." (Jean Hersholt, p. 27).

"Hans Christian Andersen wrote some of the most treasured stories of the past two centuries" (James Mustich).

Charmant exemplaire en reliure du temps.

Provenance : Edouard Hansen (ex-libris, 1899) ; Pierre Berge (ex-libris, II, 222).