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Lot n° 245

CHEVIGNÉ (Louis de).

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Les Contes rémois. Paris, Michel Lévy, Frères, Éditeurs, 1858. Large in-8°, taupe morocco, fillets, fine lacework and gilt fleurons framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed, blue cover preserved, case (J. Weckesser). "Third edition" of this work first published in Reims in 1832 (in a volume in- 12) under the title : La Chasse et la pêche, suivies de Poésies diverses. Drawings by Ernest MEISSONIER, including a portrait of the author in frontispiece. Envoi of the author on the false title. Spine faded.