10 - BERANGER (P.J. de) - Songs: Old, New, and Unpublished. With vignettes by Devéria and colored engravings by Henri Monnier, followed by the lawsuits brought against the author. Paris, Baudouin, 1828; 2 volumes in one in-8 edition, green long-grain cloth, covers and spine adorned with frames of arabesques, palmettes, rosettes, and gilt shells, with a central diamond on the covers featuring the same decorations, lined and endpapers of pink paper with dentil edges.

BERANGER (P.J. de) - Songs: Old, New, and Unpublished. With vignettes by Devéria and colored engravings by Henri Monnier, followed by the lawsuits brought against the author. Paris, Baudouin, 1828; 2 volumes in one in-8 edition, green long-grain cloth, covers and spine adorned with frames of arabesques, palmettes, rosettes, and gilt shells, with a central diamond on the covers featuring the same decorations, lined and endpapers of pink paper with dentil edges. gilded, edges gilded (Signed Ginain). FIRST COLLECTIVE EDITION and FIRST PRINTING, 33 lithographed and BRUSH-COLORED plates by Henri MONNIER; woodcut vignettes in the text by DEVÉRIA. The complete set of illustrations by Henri Monnier consists of 40 plates, but 7 are very often missing; this is the case with this copy. A truly remarkable, richly decorated romantic binding by Ginain. The spine bears the date M.DCCCVIII, due to a bookbinder’s error. Some foxing. Formerly in the Jean LARTEGUY collection, acquired through the estate of Mrs. L.