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[FRENCH LITERATURE] RACINE, Jean. Oeuvres ... avec des commentaires par M. Luneau de Boisjermain, Paris: Louis Cellot, 1768 [volumes I-V] & London: 1768 [volumes VI-VII], 7 volumes, 8°, engraved frontispiece portrait after Santerre, 12 engraved plates after Gravelot (some browning and dampstaining, occasional soil marks, nevertheless an attractive copy with wide margins), contemporary tree calf (lacking some labels), ownership signature of William Slade. [Brunet 1078; Tchemerzine p. 361] -- Michel Eyquem de MONTAIGNE. Les Essais ... nouvelle édition, Brussels: François Foppens, 1659, 3 volumes, 12°, titles in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait by Clouwet (vol. I with small rust stain on V5r, small burn hole in C5 and 2B9 of vol. II causing slight loss), 18th century calf (tightly resewn and rebacked, corners rubbed), t.e.g., ownership signature of Edward Foxcroft. [Willems Les Elzevier 1982] With 39 other volumes of French literature and history. (49)