SAND (George). Mauprat. Paris, Félix Bonnaire, 1837. 2 volumes in-8, fawn half-calf, spine decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets, black head and tailpieces, spotted edges (period binding). First edition of this "rare and esteemed work" (Carteret). It is decorated with a fine portrait of the author engraved on steel by Luigi Calamatta (whose daughter, Lina, married Maurice Sand in 1862). The false titles read: Œuvres de George Sand. A pleasant, well-bound copy. Minor rubbing to the spines. Carteret, II, 308 - Vicaire, VI, 207.