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GESSNER, Salomon (1730-1788). Mort d'Abel, poëme ... traduit par Hubert. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793. 4° (335 x 245mm). 6 coloured stipple engraved plates before pagination by Colibert, Casenave and Clément after N. Monsiau, final blank leaf. (A few leaves slightly spotted.) Contemporary red morocco, cover with gilt border of roll-tool floral swags, spine gilt with green lettering pieces, g.e. Cohen-de Ricci 436; Sander 780.
Jean-Joseph VADE (1720-1757). Oeuvres poissardes ... suivies de celles de l'Ecluse. Paris: Didot le Jeune for Defer de Maisonneuve, 1796. 4° (355 x 290mm). Half-title, 4 coloured stipple engraved plates before letters by Clément after N. Monsiau. (Spotted.) Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt fillets and lettering piece. ONE OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES with colour plates, these before letters. Cohen-de Ricci 1005; Sander 1945.
Laurence STERNE (1713-1768). Voyage sentimental, suivi des Lettres d'Yorick a Eliza. Paris and Amsterdam: J.E. Gabriel Dufour, An VII [1799]. Two volumes, 4° (335 x 255mm). Half-titles, 6 engraved plates by Patas, Miget, Dambrun and Pauquet after N. Monsieu, final blank in vol.I. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt border round covers, spines gilt with red lettering pieces (scuffed), g.e. Cohen-de Ricci 957-958 ('tres belle édition'); sander 1853.
And one other illustrated by N. Monsiau (Boileau-Despréaux, N. Oeuvres. Paris: 1798 Cohen-de Ricci 171). (5)
Jean-Joseph VADE (1720-1757). Oeuvres poissardes ... suivies de celles de l'Ecluse. Paris: Didot le Jeune for Defer de Maisonneuve, 1796. 4° (355 x 290mm). Half-title, 4 coloured stipple engraved plates before letters by Clément after N. Monsiau. (Spotted.) Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt fillets and lettering piece. ONE OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES with colour plates, these before letters. Cohen-de Ricci 1005; Sander 1945.
Laurence STERNE (1713-1768). Voyage sentimental, suivi des Lettres d'Yorick a Eliza. Paris and Amsterdam: J.E. Gabriel Dufour, An VII [1799]. Two volumes, 4° (335 x 255mm). Half-titles, 6 engraved plates by Patas, Miget, Dambrun and Pauquet after N. Monsieu, final blank in vol.I. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt border round covers, spines gilt with red lettering pieces (scuffed), g.e. Cohen-de Ricci 957-958 ('tres belle édition'); sander 1853.
And one other illustrated by N. Monsiau (Boileau-Despréaux, N. Oeuvres. Paris: 1798 Cohen-de Ricci 171). (5)