Gros & Delettrez
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[18th-CENTURY LITERATURE].
See original version (French)
75
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[18th-CENTURY LITERATURE].
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[18th-CENTURY LITERATURE].
LOT: 18th-century literature and arts. 3 titles in 4 volumes, with period bindings showing signs of wear.
- [CHETWOOD, William Rufus / CASTELMAN, Richard] / BOYLE, Robert. The Travels and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle. Amsterdam: Wetsteins & Smith, 1730. 2 in-12 volumes, in contemporary speckled fawn sheepskin.
- BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE. Vows of a Solitary Man, to Serve as a Sequel to Studies of Nature. 248 pp (paginated 148 without loss) and a continuation of *Vows of a Solitary* to serve as a supplement to *Studies of Nature* with *The Indian Cottage* (1792) in continuous pagination pp (5)-252-396. Followed by *Cfé de Surate* (1)-398-411, followed by *La Chaumière indienne* LVI with notes, foreword and preamble, and 72-(1) pp., Paris, Didot Jeune, 1789. In-12, contemporary fawn sheepskin with root marks. Smooth, rubbed spine; head and foot caps missing; a few scattered foxing spots. Pagination errors but no pages missing
- GAILLARD DE LA BATAILLE. Memoirs or Adventures of Monsieur le Comte de Kermalec. The Hague, published at the Company’s expense, 1740. In-12.
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné.
Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller with a passion for bookbinding, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, moved in both Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and Academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
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