Lot no. 47
CHATEAUBRIAND François René, vicomte de. Atala - René. Paris, Le Normant, 1805; in-12, [4]-46-331 pp. in contemporary calf raciné binding, small gilt roulettes on the boards, smooth spine decorated, red and green morocco parts, gilt edges. Collective first edition and first of Atala published with Chateaubriand's admission, it is also the first illustrated: 6 figures engraved by Auguste Saint-Aubin and Choffard after drawings by Stéphane Barthélemy Garnier.
Copy with the figures in two states including the fore-letter, from the library of Alfred-Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont (1841-1918) according to a note (title absent from his catalogues).
A fine copy.
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