CHÉNIER (André). Poetry. Published with a - Lot 358

CHÉNIER (André). Poetry. Published with a introduction by L. Becq de Fouquières. Paris, G. Charpentier et Cie, Éditeurs, 1888. Large in-4°, jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, supra- libris libris at foot, green morocco lining framed by lace, red moire endpaper, gilt edges on witnesses on witnesses, cover preserved (A. Giraldon invent - Chambolle-Duru fecit). Fifteen hors-texte etchings, including a frontispiece portrait, by CHAMPOLLION, COURTRY, DESMOULIN and MONZIÈS after BIDA, and two other portraits (of Marie Cosway and Fanny), also in etching. Edition of 463 copies, this one (n°143), one of 400 on Hollande. UNIQUE EXEMPLAIRE with an AUTOGRAPHIC AUTOGRAPH by André CHENIER (Élégie XX, page 190 of this edition), an ORIGINAL DRAWING by Franz Xaver WINTERHALTER ("The Muse") and TEN AQUARELLES ORIGINALS by Adolphe GIRALDON adorning the masthead and and intermediate titles. From the Arthur Meyer library, with supra-libris "au coq", dispatch from Giraldon, and bookplate.