Armand de PONTMARTIN

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments enhanced with gilt fleurons at their centers, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
About Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alphonse de Lamartine, Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas fils...

New edition.
Half chocolate sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets showing minor traces of rubbing, one slight tear skillfully restored at the foot of a joint, marbled paper boards, traces of rubbing on edges, modest contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in place of bookplate on first endpaper, some foxing.

Second edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs. About Guizot, L. Ratisbonne, M. de Falloux, poetry and poets in 1855, M. Brizeux, Maxime du Camp...
Handsome and interesting work.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.