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CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René, vicomte de (1768-1848)

Lot 55
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +02:00
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€ 6 930
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Lot 55 | CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René, vicomte de (1768-1848)
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€ 8 000 – 12 000
CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René, vicomte de (1768-1848)
Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe. Paris : Eugène et Victor Penaud, 1849-1850.

Exemplaire très frais, de première émission, bien complet de l'avertissement et de la liste des souscripteurs au premier volume. "Pendant près d'un demi siècle, Chateaubriand n'a cessé de travailler [...] à ce qui devait être l'oeuvre de sa vie. [...] Trente ans plus tard, l'ouvrage a pris, ainsi que son auteur, une dimension historique. C'est l'épopée de son temps que Chateaubriand veut y représenter au travers de sa propre vie." (En français dans le texte). Dès 1834, Mme Récamier organise des lectures des Mémoires dans son salon de l'Abbaye-aux-Bois, et Chateaubriand négocie avec des libraires une rente viagère contre la cession du texte, à la condition qu'il ne soit publié que de façon posthume. La rédaction s'achève en 1841, mais l'auteur corrigera inlassablement ses Mémoires jusqu'à sa mort en juillet 1848. Le texte sera d'abord publié en feuilleton dans La Presse, puis en volumes à partir de janvier 1849. Carteret, I, pp. 163-164 ; Vicaire II, col. 290-291 ; Clouzot, p. 66 ; P. Riberette, En français dans le texte, n° 268.

12 vol. in-8 (215 x 134 mm). Édition originale. Reliure signée de Maylander : demi-maroquin à coins bleu nuit à long grain bordé de filets dorés, dos à faux-nerfs richement orné doré, tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés. (Reliure légèrement frottée en pied du tome 4, quelques coins émoussés).

First edition, first issue - a very fresh copy.
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