VIGNY (de), Alfred. Les destinées. Poèmes philosophiques.
Paris: Michel Lévy, 1864.

Octavo (227 x 148 mm). (5) ff., 191 pp., (2) ff. Original wrappers and spine preserved.
Full dark violet morocco, raised bands, author and title in gilt, double gilt fillet to board edges, gilt edges, midnight-blue morocco doublure with a green mosaic floral motif at the corners, silk endleaves (Marius Michel).

First edition, posthumous.
The copy is adorned with a portrait of Vigny after a photograph by Adam Salomon, printed on China paper and mounted on heavy vellum paper. A second portrait, engraved and signed by Froment, is bound in.

From the libraries of "PV" (Paul Voûte), "RLB" (Raymond-Claude Lafontaine) and EG. Bouchez; their bookplates.
Spine slightly sunned.