BERANGER, Pierre-Jean de. OEuvres Complètes. - Lot 126

BERANGER, Pierre-Jean de. OEuvres Complètes. Béranger's complete works illustrated on copperplate in a well-preserved homogeneous period binding. Paris, Perrotin, 1834. 4 vol. in-8, half-brown fawn calf with corners, spines with four false nerves highlighted with a gilt dotted fillet, gilt mosaic gothic fleuron to the caissons, title-pieces on red and ochre morocco, gilt vegetal garland framing the boards. LXXX - 320 pp; 413 pp; 410 pp; 397 pp, approx. 100 copperplate vignettes (not collated). Slight rubbing from use, foxing. Fine illustrated edition of Béranger's works based on drawings by Daubigny, Johannot, Raffet, Scheffer, Devéria, etc. Our copy includes an introductory section to the first volume (editor's note, author's preface and notice on Béranger) at 80 pp. instead of 95 pp., as well as a missing portrait of Béranger by Lacoste after Charlet in volume IV, and a facsimile of a letter from the author to Joseph Bernard. Good condition for this homogeneous series. Sources : - Vicaire, I, 409