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[MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de (1689-1755)]. Le Temple de Gnide Nouvelle Edition. Paris: N. le Mire, 1772.
8° (203 x140mm). Engraved throughout. Title, portrait, 1 headpiece and 9 plates by N.Le Mire after Eisen, the text engraved by Drouët. Mottled calf gilt, g.e. (small repairs to head and foot of spine). Provenance: Joseph Marryat junr. (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION THUS. Cohen-de Ricci 726 ('exécution ravissante'); Ray French 32.
Desiderius ERASMUS (1466?-1536). L'Eloge de la folie, traduit du Latin... Par M.Gueudeville. [Paris]: 1751.
4° (237 x 180mm). Half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette by Le Mire after Eisen. Engraved frontispiece after Eisen within a wide decorative border by P.F.Martinasie after Eisen, 13 plates, one head- and one tailpiece, all after Eisen by Le Mire, Tardieu and others. (A few leaves with light spotting.) Contemporary figured calf, spine gilt. FIRST EDITION THUS, a fine copy of 'the superior quarto edition'(Ray). Cohen-de Ricci 348; Ray French 24. (2)
8° (203 x140mm). Engraved throughout. Title, portrait, 1 headpiece and 9 plates by N.Le Mire after Eisen, the text engraved by Drouët. Mottled calf gilt, g.e. (small repairs to head and foot of spine). Provenance: Joseph Marryat junr. (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION THUS. Cohen-de Ricci 726 ('exécution ravissante'); Ray French 32.
Desiderius ERASMUS (1466?-1536). L'Eloge de la folie, traduit du Latin... Par M.Gueudeville. [Paris]: 1751.
4° (237 x 180mm). Half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette by Le Mire after Eisen. Engraved frontispiece after Eisen within a wide decorative border by P.F.Martinasie after Eisen, 13 plates, one head- and one tailpiece, all after Eisen by Le Mire, Tardieu and others. (A few leaves with light spotting.) Contemporary figured calf, spine gilt. FIRST EDITION THUS, a fine copy of 'the superior quarto edition'(Ray). Cohen-de Ricci 348; Ray French 24. (2)