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CHATEAUBRIAND (Fra nçois-René de). Atala, or the...

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CHATEAUBRIAND (Fra nçois-René de). Atala, or the Love of two savages in the desert. In Paris, at Migneret's, and at the old bookshop of Dupont, year IX (1801). In-18, xxii [badly ciphered xxiv]-210 pp., half-ruined spine with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with black and gilt fillets, gilt fillets on the covers (modern binding). FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE. Original state of the text, to which Chateaubriand would make various modifications in the reprints published from 1802 to 1805.

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