La Case de L’Oncle Tom – Harriet Beecher Stowe – 1853 | French Illustrated Edition

This French edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, titled La Case de L’Oncle Tom, was published in Paris in 1853, only a year after its American debut. As an early European translation, it reflects the novel’s rapid influence across international literary and political landscapes. Features 27 in-text engravings and a portrait frontispiece of Harriet Beecher Stowe including the art of George Cruikshank. It is bound in contemporary French quarter green leather with marbled boards.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: La Case de L’Oncle Tom
• Author(s): Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank
• Contributor(s): Old Nick & Adolphe Joanne (Translator)
• Publisher: Paris, Aux Bureaux du Magasin Pittoresque
• Edition: Early French edition, 1853.
• Format: Octavo, single volume
• Binding: Green quarter leather, marbled boards, marbled endpapers
• Size:  9.5 in x 6.75 in (24 cm x 17 cm)
• Collation: xii, 563, [1] pp
• Illustrations: 27 engravings + 1 author portrait
• Contents Include:
  • Vie de Harriet Stowe
  • Full French translation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  • Captioned illustrations throughout

Condition:

Near Fine. Bound in green calf with five raised bands and compartments gilt tooled, this period French quarter binding retains its original marbled boards and endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities. Internally clean and complete, with all illustrations intact, including an author’s portrait. The paper has toned naturally at the edges, with no significant defects or annotations. The type remains crisp and legible throughout, securely bound.

Why Collect This?

• 1853 French edition published in Paris during first wave of European printings
• Illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank
• Original binding, beautiful marbled endpapers