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

CHATEAUGE - COMPLETE WORKS
Paris, P.-H. Krabbe, bookseller-editor, 1851-1852.

Complete set of 16 volumes bound two by two into 8 sturdy 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 preserve their original protective serpents.

This important collection includes notably:

– Atala
– René
– The Natchez
– The Genius of Christianity
– The Martyrs
– Voyage in America
– A Journey from Paris to Jerusalem
– A Reasoned Analysis of the History of France
– Studies and Historical Discourses
– Literary and Political Miscellanies
– Historical Essay on Ancient and Modern Revolutions
– Opinions and Discourses
– Essay on English Literature
– Paradise Lost

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

Old uniform bindings in half black morocco, spine with raised bands with gilt titles, works and volumes, covers covered with green and black marbled paper, endpapers decorated and edges tinted.

General condition satisfactory for this mid-19th-century collection. Interiors complete and sound. Engravings well preserved and perfectly legible. Foxing and browning variable on pages and some plates. Serpents sometimes creased. Bindings heavily rubbed with wear to the headcaps, corners and edges, as well as some paper losses on the boards. Please study 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.