MÉRIMÉE (Prosper). Essay on Social Warfare. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1841. In-8, long-grained green half-maroquin, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed (contemporary binding). Very rare first edition of this historical work on the last years of the Roman Republic, illustrated with an engraved medal on the title and 3 plates. Only 150 copies were printed, not sold, as gifts to friends of the author. A very fine copy. From the Bernard Loliée library (2017, n°265), with bookplate.