EYMERY (Alexis). Dictionnaire des girouettes ou nos contemporains peints par eux-mêmes... Paris, Alexis Eymery, Pellicier, Delaunay, 1815. - In-8, blond half-calf with parchment corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Second edition published the same year as the first, revised, corrected and enlarged. This is a satirical dictionary "in which are reported the speeches, proclamations, extracts of works written under the governments which have taken place in France for the last twenty-five years; and the places, favors and titles obtained in different circumstances by statesmen, literati, generals, artists, senators, songwriters, bishops, prefects, journalists, ministers, etc." (title). This collective work was orchestrated by Alexis Eymeri, with contributions from Pierre-Joseph Charrin, Tastu, René Périn and César de Proisy d'Eppe. The aim was to denounce the opportunists of the period from the French Revolution to the Hundred Days. Over 700 names and institutions are listed, including Barère de Vieuzac, Benjamin Constant, Bernadotte, Berthier, Chénier, Choiseul-Praslin, Macdonald and others. The edition is adorned with a handsome allegorical color frontispiece. Worm damage to covers and hinges.