D3. "British Library" Edition (Paris: Galignani and Baudry,
1850)
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D3. "British Library" edition. Because the
Galignani-Baudry edition was pirated, it is of no textual significance for the
scholars wishing to establish Melville's intended text. But its text was the
one most readily available to readers on the continent in the 1850s, and its
very existence is an important fact of Melville's nineteenth-century
publishing history. It was the only edition of Redburn in
English, other than the two authorized ones, to appear in the nineteenth
century, and it was one of only five unauthorized editions in English of
Melville's works during the century. I would give it full bibliographical
treatment—as I would all editions and printings of Melville's books
(in
the original language, that is) during his lifetime. Others might wish to
draw the line differently (this question is further discussed below, at
D4a).
. . . [full description, as in D1]
