CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de

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CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de
Genius of Christianity... Paris, Migneret, 1802. 5 volumes in 4 vols. in-8, 12 x 19,5cm, X +392 pp. (numbered 396) & [2] ff. 342 pp. & [2] ff. 304 pp. 2] ff. 356 pp. (misquoted 344) & [2] ff. 86 +14 pp. 1 blank ff. 14 +76 pp. period binding in light brown basane, cold fillet on the boards, spines decorated with gilt faux-nerves and gilt boxes, gilt fillet on the edges, posterior cases First edition of an emblematic text by Chateaubriand, rehabilitation of the Christian religion after the violent attacks of the revolutionary period. From the library of Jean Furstenberg (1890-1982), co-founder of the International Association of Bibliophily (bookplate). A good copy. Some light spotting. Covers and corners slightly rubbed, some corners restored. Vicaire II, 281-282.
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