Comte de Marcellus - Chateaubriand et son temps - 1859





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The Comte de Marcellus’s *Chateaubriand et son temps* is a French first edition from 1859, bound in half leather and comprising 504 pages.
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Count of Marcellus. Chateaubriand and his time. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1859, xxii-504 pp.
A volume in octavo (220x140 mm), half morocco, spine with ornate gold tooling (binding of the period). Beautiful condition of the binding. Interior fresh, without foxing.
Original edition; rare
Charles Demartin du Tyrac, Count of Marcellus (1795-1865), chief secretary of the embassy in London when Chateaubriand was appointed there, allied himself with him and was at once a devoted disciple and friend; in this work he follows the text of certain passages from Memoirs from Beyond the Grave and he relates the memories of his interviews and his correspondence with Chateaubriand in connection with these passages.
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Count of Marcellus. Chateaubriand and his time. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1859, xxii-504 pp.
A volume in octavo (220x140 mm), half morocco, spine with ornate gold tooling (binding of the period). Beautiful condition of the binding. Interior fresh, without foxing.
Original edition; rare
Charles Demartin du Tyrac, Count of Marcellus (1795-1865), chief secretary of the embassy in London when Chateaubriand was appointed there, allied himself with him and was at once a devoted disciple and friend; in this work he follows the text of certain passages from Memoirs from Beyond the Grave and he relates the memories of his interviews and his correspondence with Chateaubriand in connection with these passages.

