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[CHIVALRY NOVELS]
. A collection of 9 eighteenth-century works. 15 volumes in total. 1) [AUNEUIL (Countess of)]. *Les Chevaliers errans et le Génie familier*. Paris, Ribou, 1709. In-12, contemporary brown sheepskin.
2) BOIARDO (Matteo Maria). New translation of *Roland the Lover*. Paris, David, 1747. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary sheepskin. Translated by Lesage. 22 separate plates. Caps re-bound.
3) [LE GIVRE de RICHEBOURG]. The Adventures of Flores and Blanche-Fleur, Translated from the Spanish. Paris, Dupuis, 1735. 2 tomes in one in-12 volume, contemporary calfskin.
4) [PORRÉE (Charles-Gabriel)]. The Story of Dom Ranucio d’Alétés. A True Story. Venice, Pasquinetti, 1752. 2 tomes in one volume, contemporary sheepskin. Frontispiece and one plate.
5) [PAULMY (Antoine-René de VOYER d’ARGENSON, Marquis de)]. History of the Chevalier du Soleil, his brother Rosiclair and their descendants. Amsterdam and Paris, Pissot, 1780. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary brown calfskin. From the library of the Château de Mouchy (A. de Noailles, Duke of Mouchy). Ex-libris. Caps re-bound.
6) [AUVIGNY (Jean du CASTRE d’)]. The Adventures of Aristaeus and Telasia. A romantic and heroic tale. Paris, Guillaume, 1731. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary sheepskin.
7) [TALLEMANT (Paul)]. *The Voyage to the Isle of Love, or The Key to Hearts*. Paris, Witte, 1713. 12mo, contemporary calfskin.
8) [VIGNACOURT (Adrien de la VIEUVILLE d’ORVILLE, Count of)]. The History of Lideric the First, Count of Flanders. Paris, Didot, 1737. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary sheepskin. From the Grandcour Library, with bookplate.
9) MAYER (Charles-Joseph de). The Adventures and Amusing Upbringing of the Courteous Knight Charles-le-Bon, Lord of Armagnac. Amsterdam and Paris, 1786. 3 volumes in-12, modern half-vellum, untrimmed. 3 frontispieces.
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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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