CHÉNIER, André de. Poetic works. - Lot 160

CHÉNIER, André de. Poetic works. Beautiful set, in fine half morocco with corners, of works by one of the major poets of the late 18th century. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1874. 3 volumes in-12, brown half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, edges gilt. CLVII, 342 pages; 291 pages; 378 pages; frontispiece portrait of the author and 1 facsimile folding plate. Nerves slightly rubbed, head cap of volume 3 rubbed. Edition of the complete poetic works of André Chénier, given with notes and a notice on the life of his ancestor by Gabriel de Chénier. Guillotined at the age of 31, André Chénier left a relatively limited body of work during his lifetime. His fame came with the publication, from 1819 onwards, of his previously unpublished poems: elegies, odes and eglogues. The engraved portrait-frontispiece is by Rajon. A fine set, identically bound.