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LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1795. 2 volumes. 12° (173 x 101mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by St. Aubin, wood-engraved portrait vignette by Rigault, 94 engraved vignettes printed as individual plates, 65 by Duplessis-Bertaux or Dreppe. 20th-century red morocco gilt, g.e. Provenance: de Boistertre, bookplate. An edition issued without plates, this copy is joined by 65 vignettes from the 1778 edition, plus 24 others. Cohen-de Ricci 573. -- James THOMPSON. Les Saison, poëme. [Paris:] Patris, 1795. 12° (132 x 80mm). Frontispiece and 4 plates after Binet, engraved by Blanchard. (Some very light foxing.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, g.e. Provenance: monogram booklabel. -- N.F. JACQUEMART. Contes et Poésies du C. Collier. Saverne: 1792. 2 volumes in one. Square 12° (132 x 109mm). (Some very light spotting.) 2 engraved frontispieces. 19th-century red morocco gilt, g.e. by Lortic. Provenance: P. Desq, booklabel. The place of printing is suppositious. Cohen-de Ricci 513. -- C.-J.-L.-A. Rochette de LA MORLIÈRE. Les lauriers ecclesiastique, ou Campagnes de l'Abbé de T***. A Luxuropolis: de l'Imprimerie ordinaire du Clergé, 1748. 12° (158 x 91mm). 4 plates, one after Binet, one mounted. First edition of this pamphlet against abbot Terrai. It was issued without illustrations, and the plates found here belong properly to later editions. Cohen-de Ricci 594. -- LONGUS. Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. Paris: Maradan and Desenne, 1798. 12° (150 x 100mm). Engraved frontispiece by Dupréel and 4 plates after Monsiau, plates avant lettres. (Some light spotting.) Contemporary tree calf gilt, g.e. (small chip in top of spine). Cohen-de Ricci 656. -- LEVAYER de Boutigny, Roland. Tarsis et Zélie. Nouvelle édition. Paris: Musier fils, 1774. 3 volumes, 8° (216 x 140mm). Half-titles. Engraved frontispieces by C.S.Gaucher, N.Ponce and D.Nee after C.N.Cochin, Moreau le Jeune and Eisen; engraved title vignettes and 20 headpieces all after Eisen. Contemporary mottled calf gilt, g.e. (joints repaired). Provenance: Thomas Tyndall jnr. (armorial bookplate). Cohen-de Ricci 643; Sander 643 -- Luis de CAMOENS (1524?-1580). La Lusiade. Paris: Nyon aîné, 1776. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 124mm). Half-titles. 10 unsigend engraved plates, attributed to Eisen. Contemporary tree sheep gilt (upper cover of vol.II lightly sunned). FIRST EDITION THUS. Cohen-de Ricci 200; Sander 272. -- And 6 other works in 11 volumes, each including illustrations by Eisen (including: M.A.PLAUTUS. Comoediae. Paris: 1759. 3 vols, 12°; OVID. Opera. Paris: Barbou, 1762. 3 vols, 12°) (21)