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[DE MISSY, Jean Rousset] Histoire du Cardinal Alberoni, et de son Ministere. Jusqu'à la fin de l' Année 1719, The Hague: Adrien Moetjens, 1720. 2 volumes in one, 12° (155 x 93mm.), titles printed in red and black, 5 folding engraved plans, contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and morocco lettering-pieces, stamp of "Bibliothek Valeru Marcu" on titles. Barbier II, 773.
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Fables, Paris: Garnier Frères, [ca. 1885]. Large 8° (268 x 178mm.), half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Grandville (head of title reinforced without loss of letters, one signature spotted and browned, occasional light spotting and browning), modern calf-backed marbled suede-covered boards (corners rubbed), signature of G. Lemos on half title.
With 33 other works in 82 volumes including de Bouflers' Histoire des Amours (Paris, 1696), Madame de Maintenon's Lettres ... a Diverses Personnes (Amsterdam, 1756, 5 vols.), and le Baron de Sainte-Croix's Histoire des Progrès de la Puissance Navale de l' Angleterre (Paris, 1786, 2 vols.). (84)
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Fables, Paris: Garnier Frères, [ca. 1885]. Large 8° (268 x 178mm.), half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Grandville (head of title reinforced without loss of letters, one signature spotted and browned, occasional light spotting and browning), modern calf-backed marbled suede-covered boards (corners rubbed), signature of G. Lemos on half title.
With 33 other works in 82 volumes including de Bouflers' Histoire des Amours (Paris, 1696), Madame de Maintenon's Lettres ... a Diverses Personnes (Amsterdam, 1756, 5 vols.), and le Baron de Sainte-Croix's Histoire des Progrès de la Puissance Navale de l' Angleterre (Paris, 1786, 2 vols.). (84)
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