LAMARTINE (Alphonse de): OEuvres complètes de Lamartine, pub - Lot 119

LAMARTINE (Alphonse de): OEuvres complètes de Lamartine, publiées et inédites. Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1862-1863. 40 volumes. 14.5 by 24 cm. Contemporary fir-green half-chagrin, spine with 4 nerves. Some superficial rubbing, one cap crushed. Very light and moderate foxing in 39 volumes, slightly more present in one volume. Partly original edition, published on author's account, by a still penniless Lamartine, 7 years before his death. As always for this edition, autograph dispatch from Lamartine, "Mémoire et reconnaissance". Tome 1: Méditations poétiques- Tomes 2 et 3: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses- Tome 4: Jocelyn - Tome 5: Renouvellements poétiques- Tomes 6, 7 et 8: Voyage en Orient- Tomes 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 et 15: Histoire des Girondins- Tome 16: la chute d'un ange- Tomes 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 et 22: Histoire de la restauration- Volumes 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28: Histoire de la Turquie- Volume 29: Les confidences- Volume 30: Nouvelles confidences- Volume 31: Histoire de la Russie- Volume 32: OEuvres diverses- Volume 33: Nouveau voyage en Orient - Volumes 34, 35 and 36: Vies des Hommes illustrées- Volumes 37, 38, 39 and 40: Mémoires politiques. A very fine collection, put together by the author himself...