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FURETIÈRE, Antoine (1619-1688). Factum ... contre quelques-uns de l'Académie Françoise [Second factum] [Troisième factum]. Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes, 1685-86-88. 3 parts in one volume, 12° (137 x 75mm). Differing woodcut device on the three titles. (First title with extended margins and possibly supplied, small burn hole in C8 and title to part two.) Contemproary citron morocco gilt (a few marks). Provenance: L. Giraud-Badin, 1926. The purpose of the Factums was to show that Furetière's dictionary was superior to the Academy's. The pagination of this copy agrees with Tchemerzine, although he and Cioranescu both give the size as 8°. Cioranescu 31913-31915; Tchemerzine V, 398-400.
With two other 12° works by Furetière: Les couches de l'Académie ou Poeme alleqorique et burlesque. Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes, 1688. Uniformly bound with the worke above; and Nouvelle allegorique ou Histoire des derniers troubles arrivez au royaume d'éloquence. Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1659. In calf gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet. (3)
With two other 12° works by Furetière: Les couches de l'Académie ou Poeme alleqorique et burlesque. Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes, 1688. Uniformly bound with the worke above; and Nouvelle allegorique ou Histoire des derniers troubles arrivez au royaume d'éloquence. Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1659. In calf gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet. (3)