LAMARTINE Alphonse de. Recueilments poétiques. Paris, Librairie de Charles Gosselin, 1839; in-8, xxxii-319 pp. in red half-Russian leather, red paper boards with gilt crosspieces and gilt numeral in the centre, smooth spine decorated with gilt faux-nerves. This is a true first edition, the in-12 edition intended for foreign markets having appeared later. The false title reads: Œuvres complètes de Alphonse de Lamartine. Recueilments poétiques. A fine copy, bound in the crowned cipher of Empress Marie-Louise, widow of Napoleon I.