Oeuvres de J. F. Cooper

Composite edition combining seven volumes from the very first collected edition with others from various reissues published between 1836 and 1852. Volumes 15 to 30 (1839-1852) each include an engraved title with a vignette and two illustrated plates; the earlier editions, covering volumes 1 to 15 (1830-1836) did not contain illustrations.

Half polished calf bindings in Restoration style. Smooth spines decorated with a central panel richly gilt in grotesque design, gilt and blind-tooled motifs at head and foot of spine, also ruled in gilt. Small tear to the spine-ends of volumes 5 and 9. Volumes 25 and 26 show some surface loss to the leather on the boards.

A handsome set.

The novels of Fenimore Cooper—and particularly the Leather-Stocking Tales (The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, and The Prairie)—form an unparalleled chronicle of eighteenth-century early America.