50 - BARTHÉLEMY, Auguste. *Nemesis*.

BARTHÉLEMY, Auguste. *Nemesis*. A rare collection of satirical verses by Auguste Barthélemy, illustrated in the first edition with 15 steel engravings after Raffet and a portrait of the author by Tony Johannot, in a charming period Romantic binding. Paris, Perrotin, 1835. 2 volumes in 1 in-8 volume, red half-basane, smooth spine decorated with a romantic design and the title in gilt lettering, mottled edges (contemporary binding). VIII and 384 pages, followed by 346 pages and 1 folio n.ch. (catalog), 1 portrait of the author engraved as a frontispiece in Volume II after Tony Johannot, 15 steel-engraved plates as inserts after Raffet, 1 facsimile of a fragment from the manuscript of *Les Douze Journées*. Minor scuffing, foxing. Fourth edition of this collection of satirical verses published from March 1831 to April 1832 in the weekly “La Némésis,” in which Auguste Barthélémy (1794–1867) attacked the government and the ministers of Louis-Philippe. The first printing is illustrated with 15 steel engravings by Burdey, Frillez, and Gaitte after Raffet, and a portrait of the author by Tony Johannot. [Vicaire, I, 327–328] From the library of Dr. Antoine Compin, as indicated on the back cover; a bookplate vignette by Claude Lanet on the title page; and a handwritten bookplate dated 1841 on the blank endpaper. A fine copy in a contemporary binding.