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First collected edition of the French translation by Javelin Pagnon.
Some foxing.
Texts preceded by a life of Chatterton by A. Callet.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double black compartments, traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Rare copy of the complete works of Thomas Chatterton, talented English mystifying poet who preferred to absorb arsenic rather than die of hunger, thus becoming, for the Romantics, the archetype of the misunderstood genius poet.

First edition.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title label, pebbled paper boards.
Some minor foxing, a brown stain in the upper corner of the title and half-title pages, half-title page entirely shaded.

First edition. A frontispiece by Boulanger engraved by Lacoste. Copy extra-illustrated at the back of the half-title with an albumen photographic portrait (ca 1865), mounted and trimmed to margin.
Armorial copy of Charles de Mandre, D'or à la fasce d'azur et D'azur à une bande d'or, accompagnée de sept billettes du même, posées quatre en chef et trois en pointe. Charles Demandre had, in his youth, some literary and poetic inclinations and, throughout his life, welcomed the writers and artists of his time to La Chaudeau. His library was sold in Paris, Maison Silvestre, 28 rue des Bons-Enfants, salle n° 1, au premier, from January 31 to February 9, 1887. The catalogue was compiled by...

First edition. Fine edition, well printed on laid paper, complete with the errata leaf at the end.
Half emerald green morocco binding with corners ca 1860 signed on endpaper Champs. Smooth spine richly decorated with 6 successive Restoration-style tools. Gilt title and date at foot. Foxing to endpapers, some occasional foxing in the text on an otherwise clean copy. Full-margined copy, untrimmed.
Carteret: "Rare work, masterpiece of Hégésippe Moreau." The author is, despite himself, one of the cursed Romantic poets, who died at age 28 of tuberculosis, just as this first collection that would make him known was being published. 4 novellas or tales followed by poetry.

First edition, very rare, like all first editions by the author.
Half morocco binding with black long-grain corners from the late 19th century signed by Pouillet. Smooth spine decorated with mirror tooling. Author, title and date gilt. Double fillet on boards. Lack to lower corner of half-title and title. P.7 small lack to upper right corner. Paper perfectly fresh.
Romantic drama set in Madrid, where Gautier expresses his passion for bullfighting.

First edition rare and very sought-after.
Half shagreen, contemporary binding.
Copy without foxing (very rare according to Clouzot).
A nice copy in a contemporary binding.

First edition rare and very sought-after.
Half morocco, top edge gilt, bound in the Romantic style.
Copy without foxing (very rare according to Clouzot), half-title page of the first volume and last page to final pages of contents of the second volume all over shaded.
A nice copy, bound in a nice Romantique pastiche.

First edition.
Half sheep, contemporary binding.
Foxing and library stamps.Rare.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, smooth spine faded, decorated with romantic gilt and blind decorative motifs, rubbing traces on the joints, one slightly cracked at head, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, edges rubbed, headcap detached, contemporary romantic binding.
Foxing, manuscript dedication from a former owner as a gift.
Rare.