LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de, Duc de (1613-80). Maximes et Réflections Morales. Paris: De l' Imprimerie de Didot le Jeune, 1827. 59 x 37mm. Half title (very lightly stained and spotted throughout). Contemporary green morocco gilt, the covers with initials "R.M." stamped in gilt, gilt edges. Bondy p.91; Brunet III, 847: "Jolie édition"; Spielmann 291-A: "... one of the most distinguished miniature books of the early nineteenth century. Didot's astonishingly small and clear type, the smallest produced up to that date, was used once more by him the next year in his edition of Horace. But this is the first appearance of this wonder of typography"; Welsh 4283.