Illustrated edition with a portrait of the author as frontispiece Full dark green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, double black fillet frame on the covers, a small discoloration stain on the first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on the pastedowns, gilt fillet on the leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant contemporary binding signed by Lefèvre. Study on the life and works of André Chénier, variants, notes and commentaries, lexicon and index by L. Becq de Fouquières. Some foxing.