Oeuvres complètes de Lamartine, 40 voll
Features
Author: Alphonse de Lamartine
Publisher: Chez l'Auteur
Place of printing: Paris
Year of publication: 1860-1866
Product Condition:
Work in 40 volumes out of the original 41, in good condition. MISSING vol. 23 (Histoire de la Turquie 1). Elegant half leather binding with marbled corners and plates, titles and rich gilt decorations on the spine, in good condition: slight peeling on the headphones, hinges and edges of the plates. Gilded head cut, traces of dust on the cuts. Keep the editorial brochures. Autograph dedication of the poet in the title block of the first volume. Papers well preserved, irregularly browned with frequent foxing and brown spots. Texte en Français
Pages: 450 pages per vol.
Format: Fourth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 25
Width: 16
Description
Monumental edition of all the works of Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869) published by the author between 1860 and 1866. In the general preface, Lamartine's presentation of the enterprise: “Voilà mes oeuvres! Je ne les publie pas par vanité; je ne dis pas comme Horace: Exegi monumentum...Le seul mérite de cet immense recueil de mes oeuvres, ce sera d'être una faible partie de l'histoire intellectuelle, poétique, littéraire, philosophique, politique, des années qui se sont écoulées de 1820 à 1860, presque un demi-siècle”. At the opening of the first volume I send the author's autograph: “Mémoire et reconnaisance, Lamartine”. Two works (Méditations poétiques and l'Histoire des Girondins) are accompanied by engraved plates (5 for the first work in vol. 1 and 45 for the second in vols. 9-15). Beautiful 19th century binding. Our specimen is further enhanced by an illustrious provenance: in fact, it comes from the library of the Chateau d'Ermenonville
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