CHATEAUBRIAND (François René, viscount de). On the new proposal relative to the banishment of Charles X and his family. Paris, Le Normand et fils, 1831 (October). In-8, 155 pages + 4 pages of publisher's catalogue. Paperback, printed cover. Cover faded, foxing. First edition. October 1831 : Chateaubriand speaks out against the proposal of banishment of Charles X and his descendants, read in the Chamber on September 14 and 17, 1831 and submitted to the examination of a commission : "As many times as acts of violence will be renewed against the fallen family, so many times I will speak out against these acts"... After the warning is the letter of thanks to Béranger for "the ode you have kindly addressed to me".

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