83 - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). *Atala*. *René*. *The Adventures of the Last Abencerage*. Paris: L’avocat, 1827. 2 vols., in-8, aubergine calfskin, covers decorated with a large embossed panel featuring scroll motifs, a roulette pattern, and a bordered fillet with gilt fleurons at the corners, gilt spine, internal perforations, gilt edges. (Thouvenin).

CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). *Atala*. *René*. *The Adventures of the Last Abencerage*. Paris: L’avocat, 1827. 2 vols., in-8, aubergine calfskin, covers decorated with a large embossed panel featuring scroll motifs, a roulette pattern, and a bordered fillet with gilt fleurons at the corners, gilt spine, internal perforations, gilt edges. (Thouvenin). FIRST EDITION of *The Adventures of the Last Abencérage*, originally published as part of the collected *Works of Chateaubriand* by L’avocat from 1826 to 1831, illustrated with three frontispieces by Deveria. The binding does not bear the volume number from the *Œuvres*, as is often the case, but only “Atala-René 1 and 2.” NEW BINDING WITH A PLATE SIGNED THOUVENIN.