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GESSNER, SALOMON. Oeuvres. Paris: Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1799. 4 volumes in 2. 8° (215 x 123mm). 48 plates avant lettre after Moreau, engraved by Dambrun, de Ghendt and others, and 3 engraved portraits after Denon, Vanloo, and Graff. (?Lacking one preliminary leaf in vol.I and final blank in vol.III, clean tear into text expertly repaired on I:273.) English contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt fillet to covers, gilt turn-ins, g.e., by C. Hering, with his ticket in vol. I (joints neatly repaired). Cohen-de Ricci 435; Ray French 57.
Charles-François de SAINT-LAMBERT. Les Saisons, poëme. Septième édition. Amsterdam [Paris]: 1775. 8° (219 x 139mm). 7 plates after Moreau engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, and others, title vignette and headpieces by Choffard, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with the plates from the 1769 edition, comprising 4 after Le Prince and 1 after Gravelot. (Some very light spotting and browning, rarely affecting plates, apparently lacking a final ?advertisement leaf.) French contemporary red morocco, gilt roll tool to covers, gilt spine, g.e. Provenance: Fernand Tousselin (19th-century bookplate). Ray French p.75; Cohen-de Ricci 926; Brunet V, 52; Sander 1779.
Jean-François MARMONTEL. Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire du Pérou. Paris: Lacombe, 1777. 8° (195 x 118mm). Frontispiece and 10 plates after Moreau, engraved by de Launay, Duclos, de Ghendt, Helman, Leveau, Née and Simonet. (Page 77 inexpertly joined to one plate, some light spotting.) French contemporary red morocco, covers stamped in gilt with arms of Mérard de St.Just, flat spine gilt, g.e. (some repairs). Provenance: Simon-Pierre Mérard de Saint-Just (1749-1812, arms on covers, bookplate on title verso); de Bourgevin (bookplate). Cohen-de Ricci 690-91; Sander 1303. (4)
Charles-François de SAINT-LAMBERT. Les Saisons, poëme. Septième édition. Amsterdam [Paris]: 1775. 8° (219 x 139mm). 7 plates after Moreau engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, and others, title vignette and headpieces by Choffard, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with the plates from the 1769 edition, comprising 4 after Le Prince and 1 after Gravelot. (Some very light spotting and browning, rarely affecting plates, apparently lacking a final ?advertisement leaf.) French contemporary red morocco, gilt roll tool to covers, gilt spine, g.e. Provenance: Fernand Tousselin (19th-century bookplate). Ray French p.75; Cohen-de Ricci 926; Brunet V, 52; Sander 1779.
Jean-François MARMONTEL. Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire du Pérou. Paris: Lacombe, 1777. 8° (195 x 118mm). Frontispiece and 10 plates after Moreau, engraved by de Launay, Duclos, de Ghendt, Helman, Leveau, Née and Simonet. (Page 77 inexpertly joined to one plate, some light spotting.) French contemporary red morocco, covers stamped in gilt with arms of Mérard de St.Just, flat spine gilt, g.e. (some repairs). Provenance: Simon-Pierre Mérard de Saint-Just (1749-1812, arms on covers, bookplate on title verso); de Bourgevin (bookplate). Cohen-de Ricci 690-91; Sander 1303. (4)