ARMORIAL BINDING -- VIGNY, comte Alfred de (1797-1863). Stello ... Septième édition revue et corrigée. Paris: Imprimerie Simon Raçon et Comp. for Librairie Nouvelle, 1856. 8° (215 x 132mm), half title (scattered light spotting, ?lacking (?blank) 23/4), contemporary hard-grain crimson morocco gilt by Lardière, boards with gilt arms of Napoléon III [Olivier 2659, fer 3], enclosed by double gilt fillet panels with foliate cornerpieces within triple gilt fillet borders, roll-tooled gilt turn-ins, spine gilt in compartments, lettered in one, the others panelled and decorated with foliate tools, moiré endpapers, gilt edges (extremities very lightly rubbed, lower hinge split, glue-marking on endpapers). Provenance: Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873, binding). A BINDING BY LARDIèRE FOR EMPEROR NAPOLéON III. This volume was presumably bound as a companion to the copy of de Vigny's Théâtre complet (Paris: Librairie Nouvelle, 1858) bound in crimson morocco for Napoléon III by Lardière (cf. sale Sotheby's London, 16-17 November 2000, lot 486). Exposition des produits de l' industrie de toutes les nations 1855. Catalogue officiel, publié par ordre de la Commission Impériale. Paris: E. Panis, [?1855]. 8°, contemporary hard-grain olive morocco gilt by Lortic, arms of Napoléon III on upper cover (on front cover). SEE PLATE II. (2)