Alice in Wonderland – Beautiful Foreign Editions
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Collecting Alice in Wonderland - Beautiful Foreign Editions
The Illustrated Alice Bibliography, Part 5: Alice in Translation
This page is a continuation of the illustrated bibliography of Alice in Wonderland editions – here I’ve included a variety of some of the most beautiful non-English editions. Special thanks to @semperluxus on Instagram who introduced me to many of these editions – you should check out her feed where she shares lots of photos of interesting editions in multiple languages!
Earlier pages of this bibliography focus on English editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass books (Page 1 has contemporary editions, Page 2 covers 1970-2010, and Page 3 are vintage editions, Page 4 has some fun Alice-inspired series spin-offs and gift ideas, and the bookshelf tour has a video of my own collection).
Alice in Translation
Alice au pays des merveilles [French]
Illustrated by Aurélie Castex, translated by Patrice Salsa
Editions du Chêne, 2020
An oversized edition (26 x 37cm) with gorgeous illustrations, clever layout, and inventive die-cut pages throughout.
Alice au pays des merveilles [French]
Illustrated by Valéria Docampo, translated by Emmanuèle Sandron
Alice Jeunesse, 2020
An oversized edition (25 x 35cm) with a cloth spine and bright illustrations with an interesting font layout.
Alice au pays des merveilles [French]
Illustrated by Daniel Cacouault
Bragelonne, 2019
An enormous and gorgeous edition with romantic paintings.
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas [Spanish]
Illustrated by Evgenija Chistotina, translated by Emmanuèle Sandron
Estudio Didáctico, 2018
An elegant Alice by a Ukrainian artist.
You might also be interested in her edition of the sequel, Alicia a Través del Espejo at Amazon | Abes
Alice au pays des merveilles and Alice de L’Autre Cote Du Miroir [French]
Illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe
Cernunnos, 2015
Lacombe’s absolutely magical baroque fantasy Wonderland is a world full of satirical references. The fantastic illustrations use gouache, oils and watercolours to create a graphic and surrealistic landscape. The book is available in French, German and Spanish. An English version has been promised for many years but has not yet eventuated.
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Alice, à travers le miroir [French]
Illustrated by Lostfish, translated by Jacques Papy
Editions Soleil, 2011
A dreamy, numinous Alice in frilly dresses that are at odds with the hyper-sexualised red queens, illustrated by French artist “Lostfish” (Elodie).
