LA BRUYÈRE, JEAN DE. Les Caractères de Théophraste...Neuvième Édition, Michallet 1696, red janséniste morocco, turn-ins gilt, edges marbled and gilt, by TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET, washed and pressed , AUTHORITATIVE EDITION, the last printed during La Bruyère's lifetime, with the cancel leaves, two added engraved portraits bound in forward, title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device on title, Rothschild I, 168, Tchemerzine III, 810, from the library of JACQUES BOILEAU (1635-1716), grand-vicaire of the diocese of Sens, author of theological works, younger brother of Boileau-Despréaux, with his autograph ex-libris on title and transcription on front flyleaf of the quatrain composed by his brother for La Bruyère's portrait, ex-collection Comte de Lignerolles, (from Lardanchet. 1935, 39/96) -- ARISTOTLE. La Rhétorique...en François. Traduction nouvelle, 1675, late seventeenth-century red morocco, covers gilt-panelled à la Du Seuil, spine gilt , RULED IN RED THROUGHOUT, woodcut title vignette, woodcut initials, signature on title of Le Normand de Coudray -- SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS. [Opera] quae extant, London, 1744, small 8vo, contemporary red morocco, smooth spine gilt, green morocco lettering-pieces , engraved title; together 3 vols., the first two 12mo . (3)
LA BRUYÈRE, JEAN DE. Les Caractères de Théophraste...Neuvième Édition, Michallet 1696, red janséniste morocco, turn-ins gilt, edges marbled and gilt, by TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET, washed and pressed , AUTHORITATIVE EDITION, the last printed during La Bruyère's lifetime, with the cancel leaves, two added engraved portraits bound in forward, title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device on title, Rothschild I, 168, Tchemerzine III, 810, from the library of JACQUES BOILEAU (1635-1716), grand-vicaire of the diocese of Sens, author of theological works, younger brother of Boileau-Despréaux, with his autograph ex-libris on title and transcription on front flyleaf of the quatrain composed by his brother for La Bruyère's portrait, ex-collection Comte de Lignerolles, (from Lardanchet. 1935, 39/96) -- ARISTOTLE. La Rhétorique...en François. Traduction nouvelle, 1675, late seventeenth-century red morocco, covers gilt-panelled à la Du Seuil, spine gilt , RULED IN RED THROUGHOUT, woodcut title vignette, woodcut initials, signature on title of Le Normand de Coudray -- SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS. [Opera] quae extant, London, 1744, small 8vo, contemporary red morocco, smooth spine gilt, green morocco lettering-pieces , engraved title; together 3 vols., the first two 12mo . (3)
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