first edition. Binding half black shagreen, back with four nerves set with ornate golden dotted double golden boxes decorated with golden typographical reasons, higher caps of the second volume rubbed, flat black cardboard, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, light minor snags on the cuts, sprinkled edges. Rare autograph signed by Paul de Kock: "To my friend and collaborator Valory / Romainville 4 August 1845". Some foxing.