Raphaël, pages de la vingtième année

First edition.
Half wine-red shagreen binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with compartments formed by quadruple fillets. Signs of rubbing. Light dampstains to upper margins of some leaves, otherwise very clean throughout. Good copy.
A novel that is both biographical and fictionalized, in this work Lamartine evokes the founding event of his artistic and amorous life, his encounter with Julie-Charles, the Elvire of the Méditations.