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Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique: Contenant l'Histoire Abrégée de Toutes les Personnes de lun et de Lautre Sexe qui se sont Fait un nom par Leurs Talens... Author: Ladvocat, Jean-Baptiste Place: Paris Publisher: Ledoux Date: 1822 Description: Text in French. 20.2x12.6 cm (8x5"), period diced calf-backed marbled boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt. Nouvelle Edition. Originally published in the middle of the 18th century, this updated edition is intended to improve extant content, trim material which has been considered redundant in the intervening years, and add new figures from the 70 years lapsing between the first and this edition. Lot Amendments Condition: Calf scuffed & rubbed, some tender joints & bumped corners, touches of wear to boards; a few tender hinges, some pencil ownership marks on endpapers, varying degrees of toning and foxing to textblocks; overall very good. Item number: 304079