BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean-Anthelme). Historical and critical essay on the duel, according to our legislation and our customs. Paris : Caille et Ravier, 1819. - In-8, pink bradel paperback, smooth untrimmed spine (period binding). First edition of Brillat Savarin's first work, dedicated to Louis XVIII. The author tries "to examine if the facts which constitute a duel without disloyalty, are qualified and punished" by the laws of his time. The work ends with some anecdotes. Copy on strong vellum paper, in contemporary hardback. Some wear to the binding, spine browned, second white endpaper missing. Some foxing.