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[18th CENTURY]. Set of 15 novels.
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304
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[18th CENTURY]. Set of 15 novels.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
[18th CENTURY]. Set of 15 novels. 17 volumes. 1) LUSSAN (Marg. de). *Les Veilles de Thessalie*. New edition … expanded to include three further ‘veillées’. Paris, Knapen, Gogué…, 1782. 2 tomes in one in-12 volume, contemporary sheepskin.
2) [GUEULETTE]. *Les Mille et un Quart-D’Heure*. Tartar tales. New edition. Paris, Le Clerc, 1724. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary sheepskin.
3) LA MORLIERE Angola. An Indian History. Agra, 1746. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, worn contemporary calfskin. Bearing the coat of arms of the Marquis de Bardonnenche. First edition.
4) [BIGNON]. The Adventures of Abdalla, or His Voyage to the Isle of Borico. Translated from the Arabic. The Hague and Paris, Musier, 1773. 2 volumes in-12, early 19th-century half-basane. Separate illustrations.
5) GORGY. *Lidorie, an ancient allusive chronicle*… Paris, Guillot, 1790. Two tomes in one 16mo volume, in contemporary calf.
6) MAILLET (Benoit de). *Telliamed, or Conversations between an Indian Philosopher and a French Missionary on the Receding Sea*. The Hague and Paris, Duchesne, 1755. 2 tomes in one volume, 12mo, contemporary calfskin.
7) LA PLACE (P. A. de). The Charming Ugliness and the Dangers of Beauty. London and Paris, Rollin, 1752. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, contemporary sheepskin.
8) [BODARD de TEZAY]. The Duke of Montmouth: A Historical Novel. Cologne, Joli, 1706. 12mo, contemporary calf.
9) [DORAT] On the Misfortunes of Inconstancy, or Letters from the Marquise de Syrcé and the Count de Mirbelle. Amsterdam and Paris, Delalain, 1772. 2 volumes in 1 8vo volume, contemporary sheepskin. 2 illustrations by Quéverdo.
10) [MONTFAUCON de VILLARS]. *Le Geomyler*. Paris, Coutelier and Guerin, 1729. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, contemporary calfskin.
11) HAMILTON (Antoine). The Story of Fleur d’Épine. A tale. No place, 1749. 12mo, contemporary calfskin.
12) [LA VIEUVILLE d’ORVILLE]. Edèle de Ponthieu. Historical novella. Paris, Musier, 1723. 2 parts in one 12mo volume, contemporary calfskin.
13) [GIMAT de BONNEVAL]. Le Voyage de Mantes ou les vacances de 17... Amsterdam, 1753. 12mo, contemporary sheepskin. Illustrations, as inserts.
14) ANONYMOUS. The Gascons in Holland, or The Singular Adventures of Several Gascons. N.p., 1767. 2 tomes in-12, contemporary half-basane. Not listed in Barbier.
15) [CONTANT d’ORVILLE]. An Ancient Chronicle of Gérard d’Euphrate, Duke of Burgundy. Paris, Moutard, 1783. 2 volumes, 12mo, half-basane (binding from the early 19th century).
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Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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