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304 - [18th CENTURY]. Set of 15 novels.
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[18th CENTURY]. Set of 15 novels. 18 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 Tale. 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 plates. 5) GORGY. *Lidorie, an ancient allusive chronicle*… Paris, Guillot, 1790. Two tomes in one 16mo volume, in contemporary calfskin.  6) MAILLET (Benoit de). *Telliamed, or Conversations between an Indian Philosopher and a French Missionary on the Receding of the 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 in-8 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 calf. 11) HAMILTON (Antoine). The Story of Fleur d’Épine. A tale. N.p., 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 separate sheets. 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]. 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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