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PERSIUS, Charles (pseudonym of Charles Dunne).?Rouge?et?Noir. The Academicians of?1823. London: Lawler and Quick,?1823. 8vo. First edition. [4], 456 pp + one advertising leaf [lacking 311 ? 438, as usual]. Full contemporary smooth calf ruled gilt with marbled edges and ends, spine gilt tooled with compartments and gilt-titled spine label. Engraving of roulette wheel on p. 171. Half-title present. Minor inked corrections, x-outs and marginalia, minimal spotting. Very good or better, in a handsome binding. Toole Stott 557.