CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). - Lot 70

CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Brussels: Librairie de Tarride, 1848-1849 [Volumes 1 to 10]; Brussels: Rozez et Ce, 1849 [Volumes 11 and 12]; Brussels: Librairie de Tarride, 1849 [Volumes 13 and 14]; Brussels: Librairie allemande, française et étrangère de Mayer et Flateau, 1850 [Volume 15]; Brussels: Rozez et Ce, 1850 [Vol. 16]; Bruxelles: Librairie du Panthéon, 1850 [Vol. 17]; Bruxelles: Librairie allemande, française et étrangère de Mayer et Flateau, 1850 [Vol. 18]; Bruxelles: Librairie du Panthéon, 1850 [Volumes 19 and 20]. - 20 volumes in-16, 153 x 95. Paperback, in 4 dark-blue cloth-backed folders and slipcases. Belgian preprint for at least the first 4 volumes, and counterfeit for the others. The preprint volumes, dated 1848, reproduce the text published in feuilletons in La Presse between October 21 and December 28, 1848. This edition is extremely rare, especially when complete. It appeared under different addresses. A very good, as-published paperback copy, with full margins and largely uncut, a rare and highly desirable condition.