VIGNY Alfred de. The Consultations of the Black Doctor. Stello ou les Diables bleus (Blue devils). Paris, Charles Gosselin, Eugène Renduel, 1832; in-8 of [4]-434-[2] pp. bound in contemporary Lavallière half calf with small corners, cold filets on the spines, smooth spine decorated with gilt filets and cold fleurons. Rare first edition, with a frontispiece and 2 hors-texte woodcuts after Tony Johannot, all printed on Chine. Autograph signed letter from the author: "à Monsieur le prince de Polignac, Cte Alfred de Vigny". A member of the Ultras, Armand de Polignac refused allegiance to Louis-Philippe and withdrew from public life in 1830. Some foxing, otherwise a fine copy in a romantic binding bearing the armorial bookplate of Isabelle duchesse de La Roche-Guyon (La Rochefoucauld).