188 - 7 works, 10 volumes:
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7 works, 10 volumes: - PARNY (Evariste). *La Guerre des Dieux*. Paris, Debray, 1808, in-12, 232 pp. Paperback, orange marbled paper cover. (As published). - Corners of the first few folios slightly creased, no pages missing. - VERTOT (René Aubert, Abbé de). [NODIER]. Histoire des Révolutions de Portugal. Paris, Ménard & Desenne, 1819, small in-12, 2ff.-XIVpp.-212pp.- portrait. Paperback, plain pink handmade paper cover, untrimmed. (As published). - Interior in very fresh condition. Spine faded, trace of a label. The note on Vertot is by Ch. Nodier. - DUVOISIN (J.-B.). Démonstration évangélique. Third edition, considerably expanded. Paris, Société Typographique, Year X, (1802), in-12, 2ff.-VIIIpp.-351pp.-1f. Paperback, blue laid paper slipcover, label. (Condition upon publication). – Spine split. - HARDOUIN DE PEREFIXE. Histoire du roi Henri le Grand. New edition, accurately corrected. Toulouse, Desclassan, Sens, 1782, in-12, 7ff. unnumbered – 456pp. Bound in contemporary fawn calfskin, ribbed spine, decorated panels, red edges. - Caps and corners slightly rubbed; one quire slightly loose in the centre of the volume. - [EPINAY (Louise Tardieu d’Escalvelle, Marquise d’.)]. Les Conversations d’Emilie. Fourth edition. Paris, Belin, 1784, 2 volumes in-12, 2ff.–XIIpp.–416pp. – 2ff.–402pp.–1f. Contemporary bindings in fawn-coloured, grained sheepskin, ribbed spines, decorated panels, title labels, red edges. - Volume I shows some signs of handling, a few creased leaves, slight water-stain, its cap bands worn down and edges rubbed; the corners of Volume II are blunt, a few leaves are dog-eared. - [BRILLON (Pierre-Jacques)] (1671–1739). *Le nouveau Theophraste, ou réflexions critiques sur les mœurs de ce siècle*. A work in the style of Pascal’s *Pensées*. Paris, Brunet, 1700, in-12, 7 pp. – 326 pp. – 1 folio. Bound in brown calfskin, with an ornate ribbed spine. (Contemporary binding). – Copy showing some signs of wear: rubbed caps, split joints, slightly loosened stitching. - MEHEGAN (Chevalier Guillaume-Alexandre) (1721–1766). A Survey of Modern History, from the Fall of the Western Empire to the Peace of Westphalia. Paris, Saillant, Desaint, 1766, 3 volumes in-12, title page, pp. VII to XLVIII (apparently complete), 420 pp., 1 f. errata – title page, pp. 5 to 530, 1 f. errata – title page, pp. 5 to 543, 1 f. errata. Contemporary bindings in marbled fawn sheepskin, ribbed spines, decorated panels, title labels, marbled edges. – Old handwritten bookplates in ink on the title pages: ‘Grurin de St.-Bonnet’. Printing error on pp. 363–364 of Volume III, with a few words missing. A few scattered small stains; one cap is rubbed. Posthumous first edition.

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188 - 7 works, 10 volumes: See original version (French)

188 - 7 works, 10 volumes:
See original version (French)