MAISTRE (Joseph de): Les Soirées de Saint Petersbourg, Entretiens sur le Gouvernement temporel de la Providence; Suivis d'un Traité sur les Sacrifices. Paris, Librairie Grecque, Latine et Française, 1821, two vol. in 8°, half blond basane, spine with decorated false rings, marbled edges. Binding of the time. Posthumous first edition; it is decorated with a portrait of the author, lithographed in black. At its publication, this book was a great success and influenced many authors (some foxing). Joint: MAISTRE (Joseph de): De l'Eglise Gallicane dans son rapport avec le Souverain Pontife. Lyon, Rusand et Paris, Beaucé-Rusand, 1821; in 8°, blond half-calf, spine decorated. Binding of the time. Rare first edition. Vicaire does not describe it and only specifies that it is missing in the Bibliothèque Nationale.