DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean (1595-1676). Clovis ou la France Chrestienne. Poeme Heroique. Paris: Augustin Courbé, Henry le Gras and Jacques Roger, 1657. 4° (262 x 185mm.). Engraved frontispiece and title, 1 large etched plate of a large crowned cypher, 26 engraved plates by Abraham Bosse after François Chauveau, etched ornamental typographic cyphers by Armand Desmarets imposed at head and foot of each plate, fine woodcut initials, headings and typographic decorations. (Some light browning and staining.) Contemporary calf (lower joints split, lightly scuffed). Provenance: John Evelyn (signature, sale Christie's 30 Nov. 1977, lot 460, #800 Quaritch). FIRST EDITION. Brunet II.633; Tchemerzine IV, 341; Goldsmith 482. -- Charles Joseph BEVY (1738-1830). Histoire des Inaugurations des Rois, Empereurs, et autres souverains de l'Univers. Paris: Dernonville for Moutard, 1776. 8° (193 x 124mm.). 14 folding engraved plates. (Title stained, occasional browning and spotting.) Contemporary mottled French calf, spine gilt. FIRST EDITION. Brunet VI.24025. -- Charles Gabriel PORÉE. Histoire de D. Ranucio D'Alétes. Venice: Francisco Pasquinetti, 1736. 2 volumes, 12° (164 x 92mm.). Engraved frontispiece, titles with engraved vignettes, 2 engraved plates. (Some light spotting.) Early 19th-century red morocco, g.e. Provenance: William Beckford (tipped-in slip for lot 928 in 1883 sale); Earl of Roseberg (armorial bookplate). -- With 42 others (a collection of pamphlets including Entrée du Roy en sa ville et Chateau de Niort, le Dimanche 23 May 1621. Rouen: Jacques Besongre, 1621. 4°. -- Pamphlets concerning the judgements on censorship given by the Parlement of Paris and the Conseil d'état du roi. Paris: Pierre Simon, 1726-1785. -- A collection of royal edicts, letters patent and other legal and state documents. Versailles, Paris, Rouen: Pierre Simon and others, 1751-1781. 4°). (46)