181 - 7 works, 15 volumes:
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7 works, 15 volumes: - GRESSET (J.-B.-L.). Works. New edition, revised, corrected, considerably expanded, and published by the author. London, Kelmarneck, 1748, 2 volumes in-12, 2ff.-IXpp.-310pp.-1f. - 2ff.-360pp. Contemporary marbled fawn calf bindings, plain spines decorated with panels featuring gilt fillets, fleurons, palmettes and small gilt ironwork, red title labels, red edges. - A small tear at the top and bottom of the spine of volume II; 3 folios of the *Discourse on Harmony* are missing; otherwise in good condition. - LA CHAUSSEE (Pierre-Claude Nivelle de). Works. New edition, corrected and expanded to include several pieces that had not yet been published. Paris, Le Jay, 1777, 5 volumes, small 12mo, 359pp. – 348pp. – 348pp. - 332 pp. – 2 folios – 213 pp. – 92 pp. – 1 folio (supplement). Marbled fawn calf, smooth spines with decorative lettering, red title labels, red edges. (Contemporary bindings). - One cap torn off, volume number labels rubbed. The rest of the volumes are in fresh condition. (Quérard IV, 363 – Cioranescu II, 35143). - PULCI (Luigi). *Il Morgante Maggiore*. [Paris, Prault], 1768, 3 volumes in-12, XXXVI–391 pp. – 409 pp. – 482 pp. – 3 engraved title-pages and frontispieces, engraved portrait. Bound in pale calfskin, with double gilt fillet borders, ribbed spine, red and green title and volume number labels, decorated panels, red edges. - Armorial bookplates: John Louis Goldsmid. Volume number labels rubbed, slight scuffing to the bindings, corners very slightly bumped, interiors of the volumes fresh. - HORACE. Translation of the works. Paris: Nyon and Guillyn, 1752; 2 vols. in-12, marbled calf, smooth spines. - REGNIER (Mathurin). Works. Paris, Stéréotype d’Herhan, 1805, in-16, XII pp.–232 pp. Brown veined calfskin, gilt chain border, plain decorated spine, title label. (Contemporary binding). – Binding slightly faded, interior slightly soiled. - GESSNER (Salomon). *The Death of Abel*, a poem in five cantos. Translated from the German... New, Revised & Corrected edition. Paris, Dessaint, 1777, 16mo, xxiv pp. – 285 pp. – frontispiece. Fawn-coloured sheepskin with grain, smooth spine decorated with gilded basins, fleurons and palmettes. (Contemporary binding). – Copy showing some signs of wear, scuffing on the back cover. – [SAINT-LAMBERT (Jean-François de)]. *Les Saisons*, a poem. Sixth edition, revised and corrected. Amsterdam, 1777, 16mo, 2 folios–191 pp.–unsigned frontispiece. Contemporary binding in glazed light-coloured calfskin, with triple gilt fillet framing, plain decorated spine, title label, gilt edges. - Corners very slightly bumped, tiny tear to the upper cap.

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181 - 7 works, 15 volumes: See original version (French)

181 - 7 works, 15 volumes:
See original version (French)