[DUTENS, Louis.] Recherches sur l'Origine des Découvertes attribuées aux Modernes, Paris: chez la veuve Duchesne, 1766, 2 volumes in one, 8°, FIRST EDITION (lacking privilege leaf, library stamps on verso of title and on a3, some dampstains), contemporary mottled calf, floral gilt spine (joints rubbed, corners worn); together with the second edition of the same work (Paris, 1776) in 2 volumes. [Brunet II, 922] Provenance: I. General George Michell (armorial bookplate) II. JCL (3)