DESBORDES-VALMORE (Marceline). Poetry. Paris, François Louis, 1820. In-8, long-grained green morocco, lace of tassels and foliage, spine decorated with false nerves, yellow edges speckled with red (Binding of the period)._x000D_ _x000D_ First edition, very rare, with an attractive engraved title with vignette after Chasselat, and 3 hors-texte engravings by Dessene and Chasselat._x000D_ Bound at the end of the volume: Trois Messéniennes de Casimir de Lavigne. Third edition. 1820._x000D_ A portrait of the author engraved on steel by Eh. Langlois, 1833. Freckles._x000D_ From the library of Dr. Lucien-Graux (ex-libris torn off_x000D_)

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