Casimir DELAVIGNE

New revised and corrected edition.
Half-shagreen bindings in brown, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt romantic cartouches, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, four corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition almost entirely free from foxing.

New revised and corrected edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth faded spine decorated with gilt romantic cartouches, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, two corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition virtually free of foxing.

First edition.
Full purple calf binding, faded spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with romantic gilt arabesques, traces of rubbing on the joints, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, frame of a garland stamped in blind as well as double gilt fillets on the boards, boards partially faded, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges on the cuts, some scratches on the boards and cuts, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Occasional light foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.

First edition.
Half mint Russian morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic decorative motifs enhanced with a parrot tool and showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary romantic binding.
Work illustrated with engravings in text and plates.
The author's portrait frontispiece is on a loose leaf in our copy.
Some light foxing.

Edition published the same year as the original.
Two corner creases to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Slight lack to head of spine, small lacks to boards, dampstain affecting the endpapers.