NMLP P-022197 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Beni

Nathaniel Hawthorne · Ticknor & Fields (Boston) · 1860

Precedence by date belongs to the London Smith, Elder three-volume edition titled 'Transformation; or, The Romance of Monte Beni' (early 1860), which preceded the Boston Ticknor & Fields 'The Marble Faun' (two volumes, 1860). The American first lacks the added Conclusion, which appears in later printings of both lines.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022197 for "The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Beni" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022197, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).