Collection des moralistes anciens. Paris: Didot l'aîné et De Bure l'aîné, 1783. 2 volumes, 12° (122 x 74mm). Contemporary green morocco, triple gilt fillet round sides with, at centre, the arms of Maria Leczinska [cf.Olivier 2507], gilt spines with red morocco lettering-pieces, inner dentelles, gilt edges.
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Collection des moralistes anciens. Paris: Didot l'aîné et De Bure l'aîné, 1783. 2 volumes, 12° (122 x 74mm). Contemporary green morocco, triple gilt fillet round sides with, at centre, the arms of Maria Leczinska [cf.Olivier 2507], gilt spines with red morocco lettering-pieces, inner dentelles, gilt edges.

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Collection des moralistes anciens. Paris: Didot l'aîné et De Bure l'aîné, 1783. 2 volumes, 12° (122 x 74mm). Contemporary green morocco, triple gilt fillet round sides with, at centre, the arms of Maria Leczinska [cf.Olivier 2507], gilt spines with red morocco lettering-pieces, inner dentelles, gilt edges.

A curious example of the posthumous use of the arms of Louis XV's queen - she died in 1768. (2)
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