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BOILEAUX-DESPREAUX, Nicolas (1636-1711). Oeuvres. Geneva: Fabri & Barrillot, 1716. 2 volumes in one, 4° (253 x 196mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black with engraved vignettes. Folding portrait frontispiece after H.Rigaud, folding portrait of the dedicatee after J.B.Santerre and 6 plates, all by F.Chereau. (Some browning.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e. (spine faded, joints slightly rubbed, the upper slightly split). Provenance: Don Joannes Baptista Moens (armorial bookplate). Cohen-de Ricci 165; Sander 193.
F.M.Arouet de VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). La Henriade. London: 1728. 4° (287 x 220mm). Engraved frontispiece by L.Surugue after J.de Tory, title vignette, 10 plates, 10 head- and 10 tail-pieces, extra-illustrated with 10 plates after Moreau le jeune (from the Kehl edition of 1789). (Neat repairs to margins of O3,O4 and P1.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (neat repairs to spine). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Cohen-de Ricci 1025 and cf. 1028 (additional plates); Sander 1998.
Abrégé de l'Histoire romaine. Paris: Nyon et fils, 1789. 4° (292 x 215mm). Half-title. Engraved frontispiece and 48 plates, 3 folding, after Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (28), Eisen (3), Gravelot (9) and 4 unsigned, by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Tardieu and others. (Some spotting). Tree calf gilt (corners and foot of spine repaired). Cohen-de Ricci 1; Sander 3. -- And another copy of La Henriade. (4)
F.M.Arouet de VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). La Henriade. London: 1728. 4° (287 x 220mm). Engraved frontispiece by L.Surugue after J.de Tory, title vignette, 10 plates, 10 head- and 10 tail-pieces, extra-illustrated with 10 plates after Moreau le jeune (from the Kehl edition of 1789). (Neat repairs to margins of O3,O4 and P1.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (neat repairs to spine). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Cohen-de Ricci 1025 and cf. 1028 (additional plates); Sander 1998.
Abrégé de l'Histoire romaine. Paris: Nyon et fils, 1789. 4° (292 x 215mm). Half-title. Engraved frontispiece and 48 plates, 3 folding, after Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (28), Eisen (3), Gravelot (9) and 4 unsigned, by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Tardieu and others. (Some spotting). Tree calf gilt (corners and foot of spine repaired). Cohen-de Ricci 1; Sander 3. -- And another copy of La Henriade. (4)