- SAINT-EVREMOND (Charles de) : OEuvres Meslées de Mr de Saint-Evremond. Paris, chez Claude Barbin, 1690-1692; two volumes in 4°, brown speckled calf, very ornate ribbed spine, spotted red edges. Beautiful copy of this edition realized by Barbib at the request of some of the poet's friends, while he was still living in London, where he remained until his death in 1703. Brunet considers it the true first edition. From the bibl. Kuhnholtz-Lordat (ex libris). Brunet, V, 38; Cioranescu 60795-60796
- BOSSUET (Jacques-Bénigne): Maximes et Réflexions sur la Comédie. Paris, Jean Anisson, 1694; in-12, porphyry calf, spine decorated, spotted red edges. First edition of this work by Bossuet, in response to the preface of Father Caffaro, in the work of Boursault, who according to the famous preacher, sinned by indulgence; one finds reflections on the works of Molière, Quinault, Lully, Racine, Corneille.
- HISTORY. RIBAUD DE LA CHAPELLE : Dissertations sur l'Origine des Francs ; sur l'Etablissement et les Premiers Progrès de la Monarchie Française dans les Gaules avec une Histoire abrégée des Rois de France en vers. Paris, Chaubert, 1748; in 12, old vellum, smooth spine, spotted red edges. 2 ff. n. figures, 194 pp. Uncommon first edition; this copy is complete with the folding engraved plate at the end of the volume, representing various monarchic attributes.
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- SAINT-EVREMOND (Charles de) : OEuvres Meslées de Mr de Saint-Evremond. Paris, chez Claude Barbin, 1690-1692; two volumes in 4°, brown speckled calf, very ornate ribbed spine, spotted red edges. Beautiful copy of this edition realized by Barbib at the request of some of the poet's friends, while he was still living in London, where he remained until his death in 1703. Brunet considers it the true first edition. From the bibl. Kuhnholtz-Lordat (ex libris). Brunet, V, 38; Cioranescu 60795-60796
- BOSSUET (Jacques-Bénigne): Maximes et Réflexions sur la Comédie. Paris, Jean Anisson, 1694; in-12, porphyry calf, spine decorated, spotted red edges. First edition of this work by Bossuet, in response to the preface of Father Caffaro, in the work of Boursault, who according to the famous preacher, sinned by indulgence; one finds reflections on the works of Molière, Quinault, Lully, Racine, Corneille.
- HISTORY. RIBAUD DE LA CHAPELLE : Dissertations sur l'Origine des Francs ; sur l'Etablissement et les Premiers Progrès de la Monarchie Française dans les Gaules avec une Histoire abrégée des Rois de France en vers. Paris, Chaubert, 1748; in 12, old vellum, smooth spine, spotted red edges. 2 ff. n. figures, 194 pp. Uncommon first edition; this copy is complete with the folding engraved plate at the end of the volume, representing various monarchic attributes.