SAINTE-BEUVE. Tableau historique et critique de... Lot 43

SAINTE-BEUVE. Tableau historique et critique de la poésie française et du théâtre français au seizième siècle (- OEuvres choisies de Ronsard). Paris, Raymond-Bocquet, 1828. In-8, fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated (contemporary binding). Vicaire, /// XXXIV-(1f.)-350. Tableau historique et critique de la poésie française is a critical edition of Ronsard's poetry, which Sainte-Beuve sought to rehabilitate in the eyes of his contemporaries. Mention of second edition on title. Sainte-Beuve's copy with his signature on the first blank page and numerous marginal annotations in his own hand. There is a correction on page XIX, small annotations on pages 5, 13, 19, 72, 107, 109, 110, 112, 118, 120, 125, 127, 144, 181, 188, 189, 195, 271, 324, 326, 327, larger annotations on pages 71, 108, 117, 119, 143, 147, 272, 273, 274 and inserted leaves with handwritten annotations on pages 13, 107, 117, 119, 147, 159, 275, 324, 327. Binding rubbed with worn hinges.