VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM Auguste de (1846-1889). Premières poésies. Lyon, Scheuring, 1859; in -12 brown half-chagrin, spine decorated with gilt roses, combed edges. Rare and sought-after first edition, very well printed in Louis Perrin's august type. Author's autograph letter to Guillaume Léon Margue, a fiery republican who was imprisoned after Napoleon III's coup d'état, then secretary to Alexandre Dumas, lawyer and finally deputy for Saône-et-Loire.