168 - SOUZA, Madame de — The Complete Works of Madame de Souza, revised, corrected, expanded, printed under the author’s supervision, and illustrated with engravings. Adèle de Sénonge, Charles and Marie, Eugénie and Mathilde, Eugène de Rothelin, etc... Paris, Alexandre Eymery, 1821–1822. 6 vols. in-8, with occasional significant foxing, green half-marbled with corners, paperback binding, spine ribbed and decorated with gold thread. (BAUZONNET-TRAUTZ).

SOUZA, Madame de — The Complete Works of Madame de Souza, revised, corrected, expanded, printed under the author’s supervision, and illustrated with engravings. Adèle de Sénonge, Charles and Marie, Eugénie and Mathilde, Eugène de Rothelin, etc... Paris, Alexandre Eymery, 1821–1822. 6 vols. in-8, with occasional significant foxing, green half-marbled with corners, paperback binding, spine ribbed and decorated with gold thread. (BAUZONNET-TRAUTZ). An illustrated edition featuring a portrait engraved by Delvaux after Chrétien and 10 figures drawn by Mlle Julie Ribault and engraved under Giraldon’s direction by Lecourbe, Lejeune, and Simonet. This copy contains nine original wash-style drawings by Mlle Ribault, used for the illustrations (one of these drawings is a duplicate with slight variations), and 9 of the figures (out of 10), in two states. Included are separate prints of 4 vignettes for *Adèle de Sénange*, drawn by Desenne and engraved by Lecomte and Blanchard—proofs on China paper in two states published by Werdet Lequien (1827)— and 3 figures for the Countess de Fargy, including two by Martinet engraved by Lejeune—prints in two states—and one unsigned. Julie Ribault (1789–1885) was a student of Louis Lafitte and exhibited at the Salon from 1810 to 1826. Ex-libris by La Bédoyère (1862 catalog, no. 1483) and Béraldi (December 1934 auction, no. 444)