THE AGAPES By Paul d'Orsay No. 1, November 10, 1840-No. 2, December 14, 1840, Paris, Ledoyen Booksellers. Director: Paul d'Orsay. No. 1 is subtitled "Quinze chapitres" (Fifteen chapters), No. 2 "Dix-huit chapitres" (Eighteen chapters). 2 issues in 2 deliveries in 1 vol. in-32 bound (covers preserved). Handwritten notes by Vasseur (4 ff.). Paul d'Orsay uses his little magazine, of which he is the sole editor, to shower Balzac, Stendhal, Alphonse Karr, Émile Girardin, Lord Palmerston, François Guizot and Marechal Sebastiani with his vindictiveness.