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CORNEILLE, Pierre. Thatre avec les commentaires de Voltaire. Nouvelle dition, Paris: chez Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1797. 12 volumes, 8, 35 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt dentelle, flat spines gilt in compartments (very slightly rubbed, small portion missing at head of spine of vol. 8), bookplate of William Parker Ruxton.
LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Contes et nouvelles en vers, [n.p.]: 1777. 2 volumes, 8, 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved portrait, 80 engraved plates, 43 culs-de-lampe, contemporary red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, flat spine gilt in compartments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. The counterfeit edition, printed after the famous 'Fermiers-Gnraux'. This copy includes the 18th verse of the "Diable de papefiguire", which was often ommitted. (14)
LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Contes et nouvelles en vers, [n.p.]: 1777. 2 volumes, 8, 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved portrait, 80 engraved plates, 43 culs-de-lampe, contemporary red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, flat spine gilt in compartments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. The counterfeit edition, printed after the famous 'Fermiers-Gnraux'. This copy includes the 18th verse of the "Diable de papefiguire", which was often ommitted. (14)