[CHATEAUBRIAND François-René, vicomte de]. Almanach des muses 1790. Paris, chez Delalain, 1790; in-16, 24-330-[1] pp, contemporary binding in red morocco, three gilt fillets framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, olive parts, gilt edges. The volume contains the first work published by the adolescent Chateaubriand, the poem entitled L'Amour de la campagne par le chevalier C***. The author recalls this publication in the preface to his works almost forty years later: "By dint of intrigue and worry, I managed, through the protection of Delisle de Sales, to achieve the glory of having an idyll inserted in the Almanach des Muses, the appearance of which I thought would make me die of fear and hope". Engraved title. A very fine copy.