![]() ![]() ![]() In July 1817, in the park of the castle of Montboissier, a bird song awakens in him some memories of his youth : “ I was drawn from my thoughts by the song of a thrush perched on one of the highest branches of a birch tree. I don’t hope for such a favor but I would like to resuscitate at the ghostly hour to at least correct the proofs…” ![]() Saint Bonaventure obtained from the heavens the permission of continuing his after his death. “ These Mémoires were the object of my predilection. “ These copies are more and more sought-after.” (Clouzot)Īn autobiographical masterpiece destined by the author to be published only after his death, Les Mémoires d’outre-tombe are first published as a series three months after Chateaubriand’s death in July 1848. We know that Chateaubriand had mortgaged his tomb when he sold his Mémoires in exchange for a life annuity of 12 000 F. (Clouzot)Ĭlouzot, 66 Carteret, I, 163-164 Vicaire, II, 290-291 Talvart, III, p.16 Rahir, Bibliothèque de l’amateur, 366 En Français dans le texte, 268.Ī precious and beautiful copy of the first issue including the notice to the reader and the list of subscribers that were removed when the left-over copies of the edition were sold to the bookseller Dion-Lambert. Contemporary binding.įirst edition of “one of the most important text of 19th century literature”. Green half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets and floral ornaments, sparkled edges, some foxing. Paris, Eugène et Victor Penaud frères, 1849-1850. Preserved in its fine contemporary binding.Ĭhateaubriand, François René de. Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe. The first edition of the Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe, ![]()
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