Benjamin CONSTANT

First edition, one of 88 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe copies.
Introduction and notes by Alfred and Suzanne Roulin.
Final signature poorly cut, resulting in some small lacks to the leaves.
Handsome copy.

First French edition, published around June 15, 1816, only a few days after the London edition.
Our copy bears all the features of the second state of the Parisian edition: with the London address preceding that of Paris on the title page, then, on the verso, the absence of the warning to counterfeiters and, at the end of the volume, page 228, the absence of the printer's name.
Small marginal lacks to the temporary covers, upper joints slightly cracked at head, a small tear on the title page, a former owner having added the word "par" on the title page above the author's name, he also copied a critique of the work by Honoré de Balzac at the foot of the last page of text.
Our...

Edition illustrated with 21 original compositions by Michel Ciry, one of 260 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only issue after 15 Japan copies and a few hors commerce.
Chemise spine sunned.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel bindings in full marbled boards, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets, brown sheepskin title labels, tears without loss to headcaps, two corners slightly bumped, yellow edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of B. Constant as frontispiece to the second volume and complete with the folding facsimile.
Scattered foxing affecting mainly the first volume.

Complete edition of the autograph manuscripts published for the first time, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only printing after 88 on pur fil.
Index and notes by Alfred Roulin and Charles Roth.
Handsome copy despite slight sunning to the foot of the first cover.

Edition, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only issue after 88 pur fil copies.
Introduction and notes by Alfred and Suzanne Roulin.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.

Illustrated edition of 14 original vignettes of Hermine David, one of the numbered copies on vellum from the Marais, ours one of the 14 literates comprising an original drawing signed by Hermine David , a series of vignettes on Japan and a colored suite with hand by Hermine David , head print.
Beautiful copy.

First edition of this adaptation of Schiller's drama and its important preface established by Benjamin Constant.
Half hazel sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets slightly faded at foot, speckled edges, tiny wormhole at foot of one hinge.
Dampstain to head of final leaves, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
A slight lack at foot of spine, a tear with loss to front cover, small corner losses to covers, some occasional light foxing.
Rare copy preserved in its original wrappers.

Autograph letter dated and signed by Benjamin Constant to Mlle Ginot Desrais, one page in black ink on a bifolium. Autograph address on verso of last leaf.
Lack not touching text on last leaf due to opening, folds inherent to dispatch. Foxing only on address leaf.
Mentioned in the Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France, 45th Year, No. 2 (1938), p. 287.
Busy in the Chamber of Deputies leading the Independent group, Constant addresses this somewhat disdainful missive to one of his admirers.

"Mademoiselle,
La quantité de personnes qui me demandent des rendez-vous me rend très difficile de les recevoir, surtout quand je...

Autograph letter signed and dated January 15, 1810, from Benjamin Constant addressed to his banker Léon Joseph Leconte. Address in Constant's hand on verso, along with some notes by the recipient in pen.
Folds inherent to mailing, marginal paper loss due to unsealing of the letter.

"Les rentes majorées émises ont du être payées le 10 janvier Monsieur. Etant prêt à partir la semaine prochaine, je désire savoir si je puis disposer chez vous de la petite somme résultant de deux semestres que vous avez dû recevoir pour moi."

(The increased annuities issued must have been paid on January 10, Sir. Being ready to leave next week, I wish to know if I may draw...

New edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours one of the few hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Small brown stains of no consequence at foot of spine and front cover, handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full marbled boards, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets, brown sheep title labels, tears without loss to headcaps, two corners slightly bumped, yellow edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of B. Constant as frontispiece to the second volume and complete with the folding facsimile.
Scattered foxing mainly affecting the first volume.

First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Introduction by D. Melegari.
A slight central scratch to the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

Second edition statement on the title page. Edition published at the date of the original, it is possible that the second edition statement is fictitious. One copy in the electronic catalogue of the BN de France, none in French catalogues, but numerous ones in England. Pamphlet in its original state, in blue paper wrappers. Political pamphlet denouncing the restoration of the monarchy in England (and the tyranny of Charles II) after the popular revolution that had deposed it. A parallel is established with the situation of the young French republic. Constant was accused of having wanted to prepare minds for the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire.

First edition.
Full bronze sheep bindings, smooth spines richly decorated, gilt fillets framing the boards, gilt laurel and olive crown stamps in medallion on the front board of volume 1, speckled edges, prize binding from the lycée de Bordeaux. Important alphabetical and analytical index at the end.
Handsome copy attractively bound in Romantic binding.

First edition. In original wrappers, under contemporary blue paper. Second letter written by Benjamin Constant addressed to the lawyer at the court of cassation Odillon Barrot, in which the author once again defends the accused, condemned to death not on evidence but on rumors and prejudices. « Je montrerai tout à l'heure que de tous ceux sur qui le soupçon pouvait planer, Regnault était celui qu'il devait le moins atteindre. » (I will show presently that of all those on whom suspicion could fall, Regnault was the one it should least have reached.) Constant reviews all the facts of the trial, examines and confronts them, and dismantles the prosecution. The account is most interesting.