1827
by Chateaubriand, Francois Rene de
1827. Paris and London: Henri Colburn, New Jerusalem Street, 1827.
3 vols., 8vo, 350; 281; 312 pp. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine decorations and lettering with dark blue title and volume strips, minor foxing; very good. Bookplate of H. Moody in volume one.
§ A handsome example in a contemporary binding of Chateaubriand's fictionalized account of the Natchez Wars in Louisiana, inspired by his visit to American in 1791 and written during his exile in England between 1793 and 1799. The novel was first published in 1826 as volumes 19-20 of the “Oeuvres Completes,” followed in 1827 by a Brussels edition and (truncated)
3 vols., 8vo, 350; 281; 312 pp. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine decorations and lettering with dark blue title and volume strips, minor foxing; very good. Bookplate of H. Moody in volume one.
§ A handsome example in a contemporary binding of Chateaubriand's fictionalized account of the Natchez Wars in Louisiana, inspired by his visit to American in 1791 and written during his exile in England between 1793 and 1799. The novel was first published in 1826 as volumes 19-20 of the “Oeuvres Completes,” followed in 1827 by a Brussels edition and (truncated)