CHATEAUBRIAND, F. A. de.

Génie du Christianisme, ou beautés de la religion Chrétienne. 5 tomes.

Bruxelles, Arnold Lacrosse, 1820.

12mo. (135 x 85 mm). Bound in 5 beautiful contemporary sprinkled half calf bindings with richly gilt spines. Gilt title- and tome labels to spines. Boards rubbed. Upper capitals of vol. 3 and 4 with loss. Slight wear to edges of boards. Significant brownspot, causing slight loss of paper and text to pp. 261-69, vol. 3. Evenly browned, otherwise internally clean. Four engraved frontispieces and three in-text engravins.   

A beautiful set of Chateaubriand's five-volume defense of Catholocism, originally published in 1802.

Order-nr.: 62324