DEALINGS WITH THE DEAD - NARRATIVES FROM "LA LEGENDE DE LA MORT EN BASSE BRETAGNE"
Book Details + Condition: George Redway (London). First Edition, 1898. Hardcover. 220 pages with Advertisements. Translation by Mrs. A.E. Whitehead. Preface by Arthur Lillie. The work is a compilation of 37 short tales from Breton folklore dealing with the dead, ghosts, phantoms, and more - taken from the original French "La Légende De La Mort En Basse Bretagne". The original French work was originally translated from Breton by Anatole Le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (1859-1926). Some stories include:
- The Decapitated Head
- Eight Omens of Death
- The Dancing Peas
- A Funeral Seen Beforehand
- A Soul Seen as a White Mouse
- A Soul Seen as an Insect
- A Dead Priest's Mass
- A Night in a Crypt
- The Story of a Grave-Digger
- The Five Drowned Sailors
- And more.
Firm binding; lightly rubbed corners and edges; embossed owner stamp to ffep; toning to first and last few pages; interior is clean and free of markings.
