THE FRENCH MUSE N° 1, July 1823-N° 12, June 1824. Paris, Ambroise Tardieu, Editor. Texts by Ancelot, M. Desbordes-Valmore, Émile Deschamps, Mme Dufrénoy, Delphine Gay, Sophie Gay, Ulric Guttinguer, Victor Hugo, Charles Nodier, Amable Tastu, Alfred de Vigny, etc. Complete collection. 12 issues in 2 vol. in-8 bound in period (hinge of Volume II split). Handwritten notes by Vasseur (3 ff.). Joint : - 1 L.A.S. from Émile Deschamps to Victor Hugo (n.d.). Bookplate of Georges Ascoli. Some foxing. Rare complete collection of this magazine which was one of the heralds of Romanticism. It contains verse pieces and articles of criticism. Most of its contributors were the guests of Charles Nodier's first salon at the Arsenal.