CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René, vicomte de) : Memoirs, letters and authentic documents concerning the life and death of the Duke of Berry. Paris, Le Normant, 1820; in 8°, red half-maroquin with long grain, spine decorated. FIRST EDITION. From the same source: Essai historique, politique et moral sur les révolutions anciennes et modernes. London, Colburn, 1820; in 8°, brown half-chagrin with later decoration; Congress of Verona, Spanish War. Negotiations: Spanish colonies. Paris, Delloye, and Leipzig, Brockhaus et Avenarius, 1838; two volumes in 8°, green half calf, smooth spine decorated. First edition. It is in this book that Chateaubriand evokes his memories and thus announces the Mémoires d'outre-tombe. From the bibl. of the count G. de Gontaut-Biron and the viscount de Gontaut-Biron (ex libris).
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CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René, vicomte de) : Memoirs, letters and authentic documents concerning the life and death of the Duke of Berry. Paris, Le Normant, 1820; in 8°, red half-maroquin with long grain, spine decorated. FIRST EDITION. From the same source: Essai historique, politique et moral sur les révolutions anciennes et modernes. London, Colburn, 1820; in 8°, brown half-chagrin with later decoration; Congress of Verona, Spanish War. Negotiations: Spanish colonies. Paris, Delloye, and Leipzig, Brockhaus et Avenarius, 1838; two volumes in 8°, green half calf, smooth spine decorated. First edition. It is in this book that Chateaubriand evokes his memories and thus announces the Mémoires d'outre-tombe. From the bibl. of the count G. de Gontaut-Biron and the viscount de Gontaut-Biron (ex libris).
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