PELLICO (Silvio). Mes prisons; followed by Devoirs des hommes. New translation by Count H. de Messey, revised by Viscount Alban de Villeneuve. Paris, H.-L. Delloye, Garnier frères, 1844. Large in-8, black chagrin, double framed with cold filets, spine decorated in the same way, triple gilt fillet inside, gilt edges (Period binding). "One of the most beautiful illustrated books of the 19th century, very rare in fine condition and rightly sought after" (Carteret). The illustrations include a portrait of the author, a title-frontispiece and numerous vignettes by Daubigny, Steinhlein, Gérard-Séguin, etc., engraved on steel or wood. A very fine first edition copy. Carteret, III, 458.