GILBERT. Œuvres complètes. Paris, Dalibon, 1823. In-8, edition illustrated with a portrait, 4 figures after Desenne in avant la lettre print and a facsimile. Bound in full red morocco in the cathedral style of the period, the boards decorated with a cold roulette, a large architectural frame of columns and capitals and a central iron with a gilded rosette, spine richly decorated and mosaicked with friezes of oval pieces of green morocco, all edges gilded, signed Thouvenin (rubbing on the edges, rare spotting). Expert : Mr Nicolas ASVISIO