Charles Gosselin

With a frontispiece portrait of the author after Girodet, two portraits and 25 engraved plates after Alfred and Tony Johannot, Rouargue, Régnier, Pourvoyeur, etc., as well as a large folding map. This copy complete with the Congrès de Vérone, which makes up the two final volumes and is often missing from this edition.
Romantic binding of half green Russia, spine richly gilt, green honeycomb-patterned paper covers.
Spotting, as usual.
A very good copy in an elegant, strictly contemporary, Romantic binding.

Collective edition complete works in 25 volumes in Furne & Gosselin. Original edition for The Life of Rance in Delloye. The original edition to the grave Memoirs of Eugene Victor & Sheepish.
Binders half fir sorrow, back with four false nerves decorated with triple boxes stamped cold and cold-nets of heads and tails, paper plates to the tank, guards and contreplats combed lined paper, and crowned armorial bookplate Charles-François Ferand (of Gerard Arcjehan) engraved and pasted the first contreplat of each volume, binders of the time.
The 25 volumes of the complete works are enriched, frontispiece, Chateaubriand portrait from Girodet and 28...

First edition.
Retaining a portrait of the author as frontispiece, a table and two cartes at end, publisher's catalogue to head of fourth volume.
A rare uncut copy in its original wrappers, two small lacks to foot of spine, some pale foxing.

First edition.
Half red cloth binding with corners, smooth spine, black title-label and date at foot, spine sunned, foxing throughout the work.

The first French edition was published in 1822.
Contemporary fawn half-sheep. Smooth spine with fillets. Spine re-backed with lacks to head and foot.
The Battle of Halidon Hill is a well-known historical fact that takes place among the wars of Scottish independence. The Scots were decimated by English archers and lost 4000 soldiers, while the English lost only 14. A note by the author specifies that the play is intended to be read, not performed.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in havana brown, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, traces of rubbing to spine and joints.
Some foxing.

New edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, date at foot.
Scattered foxing, marginal dampstain affecting the first leaves.

First edition.
Spine slightly faded, some occasional foxing.
Rare.

Second edition.
A small lack to foot of spine, marginal lacks to the lower cover, foxing.
Rare.