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FRENCH LITERATURE -- L'ACADÉMIE FRANÇOISE. Recueil de Plusieurs Pieces d'Eloquence et de Poësie. Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard and others, 1696-1762. 39 volumes, 8° (160 x 95mm). Woodcut vignettes to titles, head- and tailpieces. (Occasional very light spotting and browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines with raised bands, red morocco lettering-pieces to second compartments, numbered in Roman in third compartments, marbled endpapers, red edges (extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: La Rochefoucauld, Duc de Bisaccia (engraved armorial bookplate). A HANDSOME SET IN A UNIFORM CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
PREVOST, Antoine François. Oeuvres Choises. Amsterdam and Paris: 1783-1785. 39 volumes, 8° (200 x 115mm). Half titles. Numerous engraved plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines (extremities lightly rubbed, with a little wear to head- and tailcaps). FIRST EDITION OF PREVOST'S COMPLETE WORKS. Sold as bindings, not subject to return. (78)
PREVOST, Antoine François. Oeuvres Choises. Amsterdam and Paris: 1783-1785. 39 volumes, 8° (200 x 115mm). Half titles. Numerous engraved plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines (extremities lightly rubbed, with a little wear to head- and tailcaps). FIRST EDITION OF PREVOST'S COMPLETE WORKS. Sold as bindings, not subject to return. (78)
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