Accession number
PML 138103-14
Creator
Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de, 1768-1848.
Published
Paris : E. et V. Penaud frères, 1849-1850.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First book edition in France; printed from the original appearance in La Presse. The date of publication of v. 1 is uncertain: Penaud frères announced in the Feuilleton of the Bibliographie de la France, Dec. 23, 1848, that the first vols. would appear for sale between Dec. 25 & 31 but they were not listed in the Bibliographie as published until Jan. 6, 1849.
Vol. 1 of this ed. was preceded by 2 Belgian piracies and an American printing; a Berlin ed. dated 1848 is also recorded. See Van der Perre and Poursin in Bull. du bibliophile, 1931, p. [199]-207, 288; 1932, p. [521]-524, [580]-581; 1933, p. 93-95, 142, [239]-240; also Talvart & Place III, 16-17.
Vol. 1 includes list of subscribers (p. [v]-xiij) and the author's letter to H.L. Delloye, dated 30 June 1836, concerning publication of this work (p. [xv]-xvj). Vol. 12 includes "Julie de Chateaubriand", "Lettre de m. de La Ferronnays" and Chateaubriand family history.
Remainder stock was issued by Dion-Lambert. In copies of v. 1 so issued, p. [v]-xvj are not present.
Vol. 1 of this ed. was preceded by 2 Belgian piracies and an American printing; a Berlin ed. dated 1848 is also recorded. See Van der Perre and Poursin in Bull. du bibliophile, 1931, p. [199]-207, 288; 1932, p. [521]-524, [580]-581; 1933, p. 93-95, 142, [239]-240; also Talvart & Place III, 16-17.
Vol. 1 includes list of subscribers (p. [v]-xiij) and the author's letter to H.L. Delloye, dated 30 June 1836, concerning publication of this work (p. [xv]-xvj). Vol. 12 includes "Julie de Chateaubriand", "Lettre de m. de La Ferronnays" and Chateaubriand family history.
Remainder stock was issued by Dion-Lambert. In copies of v. 1 so issued, p. [v]-xvj are not present.
Description
12 v. ; 21 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary cartonnage.
Classification
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