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[LA PORTE, l'abbé Joseph de (1713-1779) and J.-F. de LA CROIX DE CASTRIES]. Historie littéraire des Femmes Françoises, ou Lettres historiques et critiques. Paris: Lacombe, 1769.
5 volumes, 8° (195 x 119mm). Half-titles, woodcut head- and tailpieces, engraved frontispiece by B.L. Prevost after de Sève. (Some very light spotting, small hole in C7 in vol.V affects 7 letters.) Contemporary red sheep, covers with gilt roll-tool scroll border, central Morocco onlay work, ARMS of EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA, spines gilt in compartments with green and blue lettering pieces, g.e. Neat repair to upper hinge of volume III. Provenance: Empress Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828, born Sophia-Dorothea of Wuttemberg, consort of Paul I of Russia; binding). Cohen-de Ricci 600. (5)
5 volumes, 8° (195 x 119mm). Half-titles, woodcut head- and tailpieces, engraved frontispiece by B.L. Prevost after de Sève. (Some very light spotting, small hole in C7 in vol.V affects 7 letters.) Contemporary red sheep, covers with gilt roll-tool scroll border, central Morocco onlay work, ARMS of EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA, spines gilt in compartments with green and blue lettering pieces, g.e. Neat repair to upper hinge of volume III. Provenance: Empress Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828, born Sophia-Dorothea of Wuttemberg, consort of Paul I of Russia; binding). Cohen-de Ricci 600. (5)