Lot n° 15
Estimation :
40 - 50
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 51EUR
BERNARD (Pierre Joseph). L'art d'aimer, Phrosine et Mélidore - Lot 15
BERNARD (Pierre Joseph). L'art d'aimer, Phrosine et Mélidore et Poésies diverses. In Paris, at the expense of the partners, 1775. In-8, 202 p., [2] f. (approb. and table), contemporary marbled fawn basane, smooth spine decorated, black title-piece, triple gilt fillet to the boards, marbled edges (2 corners rubbed, qqs. scratches to the boards, a corner is missing in the margin of the false title, old signature cut to the title).
Attached : - BOUFLERS (Stanislas). OEuvres. In Paris, chez L. Pelletier, An XI. In-8, [1] portrait of the author, VIII-352 p., half tan basane, small green vellum corners, smooth spine, garnet colored title, speckled edges (spine rubbed).
Copy enriched with a handwritten ex-dono: to the citizen minister from the author.
Enclosed : - [DU BOCAGE (Anne-Marie)]. Le paradis terrestre, poem. In London, s.n., 1748. In-8, VI-121 p., in a dummy collection, post 18th c. tan calf, 5-ribbed spine, garnet morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, red edges (snagging of the headpieces, rubbed corners, small stains on the upper cover).
Preceded by : - HENAULT (C.-J.-F.)]. François II, King of France. In five acts. S.l., s.n., 1747. [11] f., 150 p., [1] f.; and of : - JOURDAN (Jean-Baptiste)]. Lettre à M. de Fontenelle, contenant un parallèle en abrégé de la tragédie de Venise sauvée... A Paris, de l'Imp. de Ballard fils, 1747. [2] f., 32 p. (spotting on the title).
Edition of the Paradis terrestre by Madame Du Bocage, at the fictitious address of London, published in Rouen by Jacques-Nicolas Besongne. Illustration engraved on copperplate by Louise de Montigny, including a frontispiece and vignettes after Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre and Gravelot; typogr. headbands and tailpieces, woodcut lettering and tailpieces.
3 volumes.
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