Dunkirk

The very rare first edition with a lovely frontispiece illustration of a young harpist beneath the charming quatrain: “La Harpe entre vos mains Silvie / Ne laisse rien à désirer / De vos beaux yeux : l'âme est ravie / Peut-on vous voir sans vous aimer !” [The harp in your hands, Silvie| Leaves nothing to be desired| A glance at your eyes thrills me| How could you not be admired?]. Engraved title within a circular frame surrounded by musical instruments, manuscript ex dono at foot. The work, including the text, is entirely engraved.
 
Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Worming to inner margin of first six leaves very discreetly repaired.
 
The work begins with a b

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from 'Mémoires de la société dunkerquoise.
Autograph inscription signed by the author.
About Romanticism. Two marginal lacks to the front board, otherwise handsome copy.