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LA BRUYÈRE, Jean de (1645-1696). Les Caractères de Theophraste traduits du grec: avec les caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle. Seconde édition. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1688. 12° (158 x 188mm). Michallet's monogram on title, woodcut opening initials and head-pieces. With final blank. Green morocco by Chambolle-Duru, gilt spine-lettering and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt and marbled edges. silk marker. Provenance: early inscriptions (on title and title verso, washed) -- Antoine Rochebilière (pencil attribution at front; his library sold 31 May-2 July, 1882) -- purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1931.
ROCHEBILIèRE COPY of the second edition, second issue, alternatively seen as the third edition, second state with cancels. The differences and augmentations from the first edition are very minor. Brunet III, 720; Cioranescu 35708; Rochebilière 613 (this copy): 'Bel exemplaire très bien conservé -- Hauteur des marges 158mm'; Tchemerzine VI, 313.
ROCHEBILIèRE COPY of the second edition, second issue, alternatively seen as the third edition, second state with cancels. The differences and augmentations from the first edition are very minor. Brunet III, 720; Cioranescu 35708; Rochebilière 613 (this copy): 'Bel exemplaire très bien conservé -- Hauteur des marges 158mm'; Tchemerzine VI, 313.