140 - [NEWSPAPER, SECOND EMPIRE]. Le Réveil. January 1 – April 16, 1859.

[NEWSPAPER, SECOND EMPIRE]. Le Réveil. January 1 – April 16, 1859. A collection of 16 issues of the polemical and Bonapartist newspaper *Le Réveil* published between January 1 and April 16, 1859. Paris, At the offices of *Le Réveil*, 1859. Folio size, full unbleached cloth binding; smooth spine adorned with the title and year of publication gilded on peacock-blue leather patches; peacock-blue title label pasted onto the front cover. Contemporary binding. 192 pages printed in two columns, with an engraved vignette by Trichon after Gustave Doré at the top of each issue. Binding is scuffed, with slight water stains on the back cover, folded corners, and a few scattered foxing spots. A collection of the 16 issues published between January 1 and April 16, 1859, the second year of publication of this polemical and Bonapartist journal founded by Granier de Cassagnac and the Escudier brothers, which set out to “purify literature.” It includes, among others, texts by the Marquis A. de Lauzière, Léon Escudier, Granier de Cassagnac, Théophile Silvestre, A. de Caumont, and Émile Béguin. A sturdy copy from the period, with the pages still in good condition.