CHENNEVIÈRES (Philippe, Marquis de). Norman Tales.... Lot 181

[CHENNEVIÈRES (Philippe, Marquis de). Norman Tales. By Jean de Falaise. Freely translated by l'ami Job. Caen, De l'Imprimerie de A. Hardel, 1842. In-18, bradel long-grained red half-maroquin, smooth spine titled in gold, untrimmed (Modern binding). First edition of the author's first collection of stories, illustrated with 8 pen-and-ink lithographs by his friend Job (Ernest Lafontan), one of which is the frontispiece (Carteret, I, p. 171; Oberlé, Poulet-Malassis, n°353). Edition of 300 copies. Baudelaire devoted a very favorable article to this collection in Corsaire-Satan in 1845. A fine copy with a signed letter on the title: À Porphyre Labitte son ami.