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305 - [18th CENTURY]. Set of 5 works.
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[18th CENTURY]. Set of 5 works. 9 volumes. SAUVIGNY (E. L. Billardon de). *L’Innocence du premier âge* or *Histoire amoureuse de Pierre Le Long et de Blanche Bazu*. Paris, Girouard, 1793. In-16, contemporary marbled calf, yellow edges. Frontispiece. LOAISEL DE TREOGATE. *Valmore, Anecdote françoise*. Paris, Moutard, 1776. In-8, modern vellum with flaps.  [DULAURENS (H.-J.)]. *Imirce, or the Daughter of Nature*. London, 1775. 8vo, marbled half-calf, modern pastiche. RANDOL (L.). A Pot Without a Lid and Nothing Inside, or the Underground Mysteries of Rue de la Lune... Paris, Logerot, Year VII, 1799. 8vo, modern black half-basane. Frontispiece. [MONTOLIEU (Isabelle)]. Caroline of Lichtfield. London and Paris, Buisson, 1786. 2 volumes in 1 in-12 volume, contemporary half-basane, red edges. Second edition with substantial corrections, as noted by Quérard, vol. VI, p. 269. [RICHARDSON (Samuel)]. New English Letters, or The History of Sir Grandisson. Amsterdam, 1766. 8 volumes in 4 volumes, 12mo, grained calf, smooth, decorated spines, red and black title label and volume numbering (contemporary binding).
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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