Chateaubriand - Mémoires d’outre‑tombe [Jean de Bonnot complet] - 1967

Description of the work
Sublime complete six-volume octavo (14 × 21 cm) of the “art edition” Jean de Bonnot, published in 1967. Publisher's full morocco binding in old rose, boards and spine adorned with a delicate gilded floral motif; title and author pieces in a black oval on each spine. Gilt tops, filigree guards, and pink silk bookmarks. The volumes contain 458, 540, 470, 496, 543 and 554 pages respectively, enhanced with frontispieces and engraved headings. Very fresh interior, no foxing, spines and corners solid, gutters very clean. Perfect copies

The work
In these Memoirs, Chateaubriand sketches the portrait of his era and of his own destiny: from his Breton youth under the Ancien Régime, through his travels in America (1791–1792), to his diplomatic and political commitments under the Restoration. A work that is at once intimate and historical, these volumes blend travel narratives, literary reflections, philosophical meditations, and testimonies on the great revolutionary and Napoleonic events. A true monument of French Romanticism, the Mémoires d’outre‑tombe offer a unique panorama of the memory of a man of letters at the crossroads of revolutions and a reborn Europe.