[STENDHAL] - CONSTANTIN (A). ITALIAN IDEAS ON SOME FAMOUS PAINTINGS. Florence, Cabinet scientifique-littéraire de J. P. Vieusseux, 1840. In-8, half long-grained raspberry morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated in the style of Thouvenin, gilt head, untrimmed (Semet et Plumelle). ORIGINAL EDITION with engraved frontispiece depicting the house of La Fornarina. This work was written in collaboration with the author's friend Abraham Constantin, a porcelain painter. A washed and glued copy in very good condition.