Dorat (Claude Joseph): Amilca, ou Pierre le Grand, first edition, large paper copy on papier de Hollande, 8vo, Paris, Sebastian Jorry, 1767 [Cohen/De Ricci 308], one engraved plate by C.D.J. Eisen; Mes Fantaisies ... Considérablement Augmenté, third edition, 8vo, The Hague and Paris, Delalain, 1770 [Cohen/De Ricci 320], large paper copy on papier de Hollande, engraved frontispiece, one vignette, one fleuron and one cul-de lampe by Eisen; Les Prôneurs, first edition, "Hollande" and Paris, Delalain, 1777 [Cohen/De Ricci 321], engraved frontispiece, and three plates by C.P. Marillier, together 3 works in one vol. contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red and green morocco labels (lightly rubbed), g.e.; and 40 other works uniformly bound in 19 vols. (numbered 1-18, 21-22), all but three works by Dorat, all but three first editions [cf. Cohen/De Ricci 308-323]. (20)

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Dorat (Claude Joseph): Amilca, ou Pierre le Grand, first edition, large paper copy on papier de Hollande, 8vo, Paris, Sebastian Jorry, 1767 [Cohen/De Ricci 308], one engraved plate by C.D.J. Eisen; Mes Fantaisies ... Considérablement Augmenté, third edition, 8vo, The Hague and Paris, Delalain, 1770 [Cohen/De Ricci 320], large paper copy on papier de Hollande, engraved frontispiece, one vignette, one fleuron and one cul-de lampe by Eisen; Les Prôneurs, first edition, "Hollande" and Paris, Delalain, 1777 [Cohen/De Ricci 321], engraved frontispiece, and three plates by C.P. Marillier, together 3 works in one vol. contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red and green morocco labels (lightly rubbed), g.e.; and 40 other works uniformly bound in 19 vols. (numbered 1-18, 21-22), all but three works by Dorat, all but three first editions [cf. Cohen/De Ricci 308-323]. (20)

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Several works are not to be found in Cohen/De Ricci or Barbier, and three are incorrectly attributed to Dorat. A complete list of the works present is available on request.

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