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 existence, was followed by a second,—this time set up in type—dated:.

The title is identical: It is a small volume of  pages with some bad woodcuts copied from the lithographs of the original edition.

From that time forth, the story was known and the curiosity of the public awakened. Reprints appeared rapidly one after the other, in fact more than a dozen of them came out before. J. Gay, a dealer in rare books, mentions in his, that the most correct and best printed of these, was the Brussels edition of. Seven engravings and frontispiece by are generally found adorning this edition.

We possess on our library table these two most notable editions: the original autographed manuscript which is certainly the first that ever appeared, and the beautiful edition in- on hand-made paper, with its fine engravings in red and black, which undoubtedly issued from Poulet-Malassis' offices. As regards the text, there are trifling differences to be observed, probably due to slight errors in copying, but which do not affect the sense in the least.