STERNE, Laurence. Voyage Sentimental en France. Dijon: L. N. Frantin, 1797. 2 volumes, 8° (183 x 111mm). Half-titles, titles, 6 engraved plates by Levillain [after Monsiau?], all before letters. Contemporary tree calf gilt, spines with red and blue morocco lettering-pieces, g.e. (joints very lightly rubbed). A tall copy with wide margins of this rare edition, printed on very fine paper. Not in Cohen-de Ricci, not in Sander. -- Jonathan SWIFT. Voyages de Gulliver. Translated by l'Abbé des Fontaines. Paris: Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Musier, 1772. 2 volumes, 12° (177 x 100mm). Half-titles, titles (one with engraved vignette, one with woodcut vignette), 4 engraved plates. (Some light spotting and staining.) Brown calf gilt, spines in compartments with green morocco lettering-pieces, g.e., by Pouillet. Cohen-de Ricci 965; Sander 1869 -- [Anne-Gabriel Meunier de QUERLON (1702-1780.] Les Graces. Paris: Prault & Bailly, 1769. 8° (212 x 142mm). Engraved frontispiece after F.Boucher, title and 5 plates after Moreau le jeune by de Longeuil and others. (Occasional light brwoning or spotting.) Polished calf, spine gilt, green morocco lettering-piece. Cohen-de Ricci 834. -- DESMARAIS. Jérémie, poème en quatre chants. Paris: 1771. 8° (195 x 124mm). Engraved frontispiece and six plates after Le Clerc. (The first plate re-inserted.) Half calf (extremities a trifle scuffed). Cohen-de Ricci 298. -- And 3 others ([P.J.BERNARD]. L'Art d'Aimer, et poesies diverses. [Paris: 1775]. 8°.; [C.J.DORAT]. Mes Rêveries. London [i.e.Paris]: 1771. 12° in 4s; J.THOMSON. Les Saisons. Paris: Didot, 1796. 8°, edition limited to 300 copies. (9)

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STERNE, Laurence. Voyage Sentimental en France. Dijon: L. N. Frantin, 1797. 2 volumes, 8° (183 x 111mm). Half-titles, titles, 6 engraved plates by Levillain [after Monsiau?], all before letters. Contemporary tree calf gilt, spines with red and blue morocco lettering-pieces, g.e. (joints very lightly rubbed). A tall copy with wide margins of this rare edition, printed on very fine paper. Not in Cohen-de Ricci, not in Sander. -- Jonathan SWIFT. Voyages de Gulliver. Translated by l'Abbé des Fontaines. Paris: Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Musier, 1772. 2 volumes, 12° (177 x 100mm). Half-titles, titles (one with engraved vignette, one with woodcut vignette), 4 engraved plates. (Some light spotting and staining.) Brown calf gilt, spines in compartments with green morocco lettering-pieces, g.e., by Pouillet. Cohen-de Ricci 965; Sander 1869 -- [Anne-Gabriel Meunier de QUERLON (1702-1780.] Les Graces. Paris: Prault & Bailly, 1769. 8° (212 x 142mm). Engraved frontispiece after F.Boucher, title and 5 plates after Moreau le jeune by de Longeuil and others. (Occasional light brwoning or spotting.) Polished calf, spine gilt, green morocco lettering-piece. Cohen-de Ricci 834. -- DESMARAIS. Jérémie, poème en quatre chants. Paris: 1771. 8° (195 x 124mm). Engraved frontispiece and six plates after Le Clerc. (The first plate re-inserted.) Half calf (extremities a trifle scuffed). Cohen-de Ricci 298. -- And 3 others ([P.J.BERNARD]. L'Art d'Aimer, et poesies diverses. [Paris: 1775]. 8°.; [C.J.DORAT]. Mes Rêveries. London [i.e.Paris]: 1771. 12° in 4s; J.THOMSON. Les Saisons. Paris: Didot, 1796. 8°, edition limited to 300 copies. (9)

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