[CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de)]. A Historical, Political, - Lot 24

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[CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de)]. A Historical, Political, - Lot 24
[CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de)]. A Historical, Political, and Moral Essay on Ancient and Modern Revolutions, Considered in Their Relationship to the French Revolution. London: Henry Colburn, Bookseller, 1814. 8vo, fawn half-calf, decorated ribbed spine, untrimmed (contemporary binding). [VIII] + 388 pp. Second edition of Chateaubriand’s first work, following the rare first London edition of 1797. Copy enhanced with a lithographed portrait of the author by DELPECH. From the libraries of Philippe-André O’Reilly (1786–1863), André Maurois, and Simone André Maurois, with bookplates. Top cap damaged; foxing.
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