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PERSIUS, Charles (pseudonym for Charles Dunne). Rouge et Noir. The Academicians of 1823. London: Lawler and Quick, 1823. 8vo. First edition. [4], 456 pp. With hand-colored frontispiece inserted at front. Engraving of roulette wheel on p. 171. Half-title present. Publisher’s plain buckram-backed brown boards, with original printed paper spine label. Front board nearly detached, spine and spine label worn and soiled, boards worn and soiled, some offsetting to title-page from the frontispiece, minor occasional soiling in text, a few gutters overopened. First signature loose, but present. Bookplate of John Leadbitter Smith on ffep. Good. Rare in the original boards. Toole Stott 557.