POLITICAL AND LITERARY FIGURES By Alphonse Peyrat N° 1, [January 1840-n° 5 [or 5 / 6], May-June 1840. Paris, Auguste Desrez, Éditeur. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (4 ff.). Review entirely edited by Alphonse Peyrat. 5 in-16 paperbacks. Rare. Alphonse Peyrat (1812-1890) was a journalist and politician (deputy then senator), militant anticlerical, contributor to La Tribune and Le National, editor-in-chief of La Presse, director of L'Avenir national.