CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). The Martyrs, or the triumph of the Christian religion. Paris: Le Normant, 1809. - 2 volumes in-8, havana calf, plates covered with an acid foliage decoration and decorated with a gilt roulette wheel in a frame, smooth spine decorated, speckled edges (period binding). Original edition of this epic in prose. Nice copy in contemporary binding, complete with the errata and the publisher's catalogue. Two hinged slit, missing head cover of the second volume, varnished spine, blunt corners. Enclosed is: - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de). Itinerary from Paris to Jerusalem and from Jerusalem to Paris, going through Greece, and coming back through Egypt, Barbary and Spain. Paris: Le Normant, 1811. - 3 volumes in-8, marbled calf, smooth decorated spine, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Original edition. Copy including at the beginning of the first volume, 36 pages of handwritten notes of the time, with extracts from books on Chateaubriand and his work. Good copy, including the plate in volume 3 but unfortunately incomplete of the folding map. Small lack of 2 caps, a few wormholes without gravity.