François-René de Chateaubriand - Oeuvres complètes de Chateaubriand - 1851

CHATEAUBRIAND – COMPLETE WORKS
Paris, P.-H. Krabbe, bookseller-publisher, 1851-1852.

Complete set of 16 volumes bound two by two into 8 substantial volumes.

Illustrated edition including the 63 steel engravings announced, all present and checked against the “Avis au relieur,” as well as a large folding map. Several engravings retain their original protective serpentine border.

This important collection includes notably:

– Atala
– René
– The Natchez
– The Genius of Christianity
– The Martyrs
– Voyage to America
– Itinerary from Paris to Jerusalem
– Reasoned analysis of the History of France
– Studies and historical discourses
– Literary and political miscellanies
– Historical essay on the ancient and modern revolutions
– Opinions and discourses
– Essay on English literature
– Paradise Lost

Very rich illustration featuring literary and historical scenes, portraits, landscapes and monuments: Chateaubriand, Shakespeare, Charette, La Rochejaquelein, Henri de Guise, Villèle, the Acropolis, the Alhambra, Cordoba Cathedral, the Forum of Rome, Atala and Chactas, Ophelia, etc.

Uniform antique bindings in half calf black leather, spines with raised bands and gilt titles, works and volumes, boards covered with green and black marbled paper, decorated fly leaves and stained edges.

General condition satisfactory for this mid-19th-century collection. Interiors complete and sound. Engravings well preserved and fully legible. Foxing and browning variable on pages and some plates. Serpentine borders sometimes creased. Bindings heavily rubbed with wear to headcaps, corners and borders, as well as some loss of paper on the boards. Please examine the photographs closely, which are an integral part of the description.

Complete, decorative, and sought-after collection, bringing together 16 volumes in 8, the 63 steel engravings and the folding map.