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PÉRIN, René (pseud. Biborium, de Châteauterne,...

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PÉRIN, René (pseud. Biborium, de Châteauterne, René). Itinéraire de Pantin au Mont Calvaire ou Lettres inédites de Chactas à Atala. Paris, J. G Dentu, 1811. 1 vol. in-8. Half purple calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt title. First edition of this humorous parody of Chateaubriand's Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem. A work written in brilliant style and translated for the first time from the Bas-Breton on the ninth edition. "A parody takes nothing away from the merit that a work can have.