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DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean (1595-1676). Les delices de l'esprit. Dialogues dediez aux beaux esprits du monde. Paris: chez Florentin Lambert, 1659. 4 parts in one volume, 2° (347 x 222mm). 4 additional part-titles with elaborate engraved borders and 20 plates by Francis Chauveau, initials and ornaments (half of text leaf L1 supplied in manuscript, the repair dated 1870, a few text leaves heavily browned, a few rust spots, occasional light mainly marginal browning, some localised light red staining to a few plates). Contemporary vellum over calf (spine worn). Provenance: early ownership inscriptions (illegible) -- some early annotation -- 2 letters (one dated 1870) relating to a translation of the work loosely inserted in a pocket at the front. Brunet II, 632; Landwehr Romanic 257; Praz 315; Tchemerzine IV, 342-43.
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DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean (1595-1676). Les delices de l'esprit. Dialogues dediez aux beaux esprits du monde. Paris: chez Florentin Lambert, 1659. 4 parts in one volume, 2° (347 x 222mm). 4 additional part-titles with elaborate engraved borders and 20 plates by Francis Chauveau, initials and ornaments (half of text leaf L1 supplied in manuscript, the repair dated 1870, a few text leaves heavily browned, a few rust spots, occasional light mainly marginal browning, some localised light red staining to a few plates). Contemporary vellum over calf (spine worn). Provenance: early ownership inscriptions (illegible) -- some early annotation -- 2 letters (one dated 1870) relating to a translation of the work loosely inserted in a pocket at the front. Brunet II, 632; Landwehr Romanic 257; Praz 315; Tchemerzine IV, 342-43.

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DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean (1595-1676). Les delices de l'esprit. Dialogues dediez aux beaux esprits du monde. Paris: chez Florentin Lambert, 1659. 4 parts in one volume, 2° (347 x 222mm). 4 additional part-titles with elaborate engraved borders and 20 plates by Francis Chauveau, initials and ornaments (half of text leaf L1 supplied in manuscript, the repair dated 1870, a few text leaves heavily browned, a few rust spots, occasional light mainly marginal browning, some localised light red staining to a few plates). Contemporary vellum over calf (spine worn). Provenance: early ownership inscriptions (illegible) -- some early annotation -- 2 letters (one dated 1870) relating to a translation of the work loosely inserted in a pocket at the front. Brunet II, 632; Landwehr Romanic 257; Praz 315; Tchemerzine IV, 342-43.
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