SABRAN (Elzéar de) Le Repentir. Poëme en sept chants achevés en M D CCC XV. Paris: imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, 1817. - In-8, fawn calf, black fillet framing the covers, smooth ornate spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (binding circa 1850). First edition, dedicated to the King, of this moral poem by Count Elzéar de Sabran (1774-1846). A precious copy, with this autograph dedication by the author on the verso of the false title: "Offered by the author to his friend // Monsieur Alphonse de Fontvanne", who had the copy bound around 1850, adding 12 in-8 pages of autograph poems by the author, and 4 pages of notes on Sabran in his own hand. It is also enriched by this autograph note signed on the verso of the first endpaper: "This poem by the late Count Elzéar de Sabran was given to me by // him in 1827 or 1828: some unpublished // I believe autograph fables, verses, etc., follow this copy // of his poem Le Repentir, and I bequeath the whole to // the Bibliothèque royale de la rue de Richelieu, in // Paris. // This Wednesday morning, November 3, mil-hui-cent-quarante-sept, rue // Lepelletier, n° 20, à Paris. // Alph. de Fontvanne." The wish to donate the copy to the Royal Library was not fulfilled, as it was subsequently acquired by a certain Mirault. A very fine copy, with some wear and tear, corner knocks. Provenance: Alphonse de Fontvanne, with consignment. - Bibliothèque Mirault, with bookplate.