DUMAS père, Alexandre. Le Speronare. Paris, Dumont, 1842; 4 vol. in-8 of 329 pp, 337 pp, 348 pp, 306 pp, half-maroquin with long purplish grain with corners, spines decorated in full, covers (E & A Maylander). Rare first edition. Opening the trilogy of Impressions de voyage dans le Royaume de Naples (which will continue with Le capitaine Aréna and Le Corricolo), Le Speronare puts Sicily in the spotlight. Dumas sets six short stories revealing the Sicilian soul within the travelogue. A fine copy, washed and perfectly established by the Maylanders. Spine lightened.