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MARMONTEL, Jean-Franois (1723-1799). Les Contes Moraux. Paris: 1765. 3 volumes, 12 (166 x 97mm). Half-titles to vols.I & II. Engraved titles, portrait of Marmontel and 23 plates. (Lacking half-title to vol.III, some light browning.) Contemporary french red morocco gilt, g.e. Provenance: J.-J.-M. Michau de Montaran (armorial bookplate). Second issue without the errata. Cohen-de Ricci 687.
F.-M. Arouet de VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). La Henriade. Paris: 1805. 8 (200 x 117mm). Engraved portrait if Henri IV, 10 plates after Moreau le Jeune. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt by Lefebure, covers with borders of scrolling vines contained by double-fillets, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in one, the others with repeat pattern in gilt of scrolling foliage with pointill work, gilt turn-ins, light blue watered-silk endleaves, the liners tooled in gilt, g.e., signed at foot of spine.
ANACREON and others. [Oeuvres]. 'Paphos, et se trouve Paris': Le Boucher, 1773. 8 (214 x 140mm). Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece, 12 head- and 13 tailpieces, by Massard after Charles Eisen. (Some light spotting.) French mottled calf gilt (repairs to head and foot of spine). Cohen-de Ricci 79; and eight other works in 10 volumes (Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, Lyons: 1555, 16; Francesco Pertraca, Il Petrarca, Lyons, 1551, 16; P. de Comines, Les Memoires, Paris: 1572, 12; Fnelon, S. de la Mothe, Les Aventures de Tlmaque, Paris: 1781, 4 volumes in two, 18; Cantique des Cantiques, Paris: 1694, 12; J.-F. Marmontel, Belisaire, Paris: 1767, 12; J.J.Rousseau, Du contrat social, Amsterdam: 1762, sm. 8; J.J.Rousseau, Les Confessions, Geneva: 1782, 2 vols., 8). (15)
F.-M. Arouet de VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). La Henriade. Paris: 1805. 8 (200 x 117mm). Engraved portrait if Henri IV, 10 plates after Moreau le Jeune. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt by Lefebure, covers with borders of scrolling vines contained by double-fillets, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in one, the others with repeat pattern in gilt of scrolling foliage with pointill work, gilt turn-ins, light blue watered-silk endleaves, the liners tooled in gilt, g.e., signed at foot of spine.
ANACREON and others. [Oeuvres]. 'Paphos, et se trouve Paris': Le Boucher, 1773. 8 (214 x 140mm). Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece, 12 head- and 13 tailpieces, by Massard after Charles Eisen. (Some light spotting.) French mottled calf gilt (repairs to head and foot of spine). Cohen-de Ricci 79; and eight other works in 10 volumes (Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, Lyons: 1555, 16; Francesco Pertraca, Il Petrarca, Lyons, 1551, 16; P. de Comines, Les Memoires, Paris: 1572, 12; Fnelon, S. de la Mothe, Les Aventures de Tlmaque, Paris: 1781, 4 volumes in two, 18; Cantique des Cantiques, Paris: 1694, 12; J.-F. Marmontel, Belisaire, Paris: 1767, 12; J.J.Rousseau, Du contrat social, Amsterdam: 1762, sm. 8; J.J.Rousseau, Les Confessions, Geneva: 1782, 2 vols., 8). (15)