VIOLLET LE DUC (Emmanuel Louis Nicolas) 1781-1857: Six mois dans la vie d'un jeune homme (1797). A Paris, chez P. Jannet, 1853; one volume in 12 of VII-255 pages, red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with stamped fillets, double fillet stamped on the boards, fine interior lace, gilt edges. Bound by Hardy. Rare first edition, not to be confused with the edition given by Jannet under the name of the Bibliothèque Elzerienne. In this book, the father of the architect Eugène Viollet Le Duc gives his reflections on the events that began when he was barely 8 years old, until the revolution of 1848, which deprived him of his functions and titles (2 cm rubbing on the spine. Sup).