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[LEBEUF, Jean (1687-1760), Jean-François DREUX DU RADIER (1714-80), Pierre-Charles JAMET (1701-ca. 1780) & Antoine LE CAMUS (1722-72)]. Essai historique, critique, philologique, politique, moral, litteraire et galant; sur les lanternes, leur origine, leur forme, leur utilité, &c, Dole: Lucnophile & Compagnie, 1755.
12° (173 x 105mm.), half-title, title with engraved vignette (occasional light spotting), 19th-century half calf, spine gilt with calf labels (joints rubbed and cracking), t.e.g., bookplate of Robert, Marquess of Crewe.
FIRST EDITION of this satirical work, dedicated to Swift. Neatly bound into this work is a 3-page autograph letter from Lebeuf to Charles-Maurice Férel, Dean of the Cathedral at Sens, dated Auxerre, 7 July 1715, discussing antiphonals or graduals for use in Paris (light stain). Brunet 17958.
12° (173 x 105mm.), half-title, title with engraved vignette (occasional light spotting), 19th-century half calf, spine gilt with calf labels (joints rubbed and cracking), t.e.g., bookplate of Robert, Marquess of Crewe.
FIRST EDITION of this satirical work, dedicated to Swift. Neatly bound into this work is a 3-page autograph letter from Lebeuf to Charles-Maurice Férel, Dean of the Cathedral at Sens, dated Auxerre, 7 July 1715, discussing antiphonals or graduals for use in Paris (light stain). Brunet 17958.
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