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243 - BOILEAU (Nicolas) and BROSSETTE (Claude). Familiar Letters b…
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BOILEAU (Nicolas) and BROSSETTE (Claude). Familiar Letters by Messrs Boileau, Despréaux and Brossette, intended as a sequel to the works of the former. Published by Mr Cizeron-Rival. Lyon, François de Los-Rios and Louis Rousset, 1770. 3 vols. in-12, xix, [1], 311 pp.; 284 pp.; 227 pp. Marbled fawn sheepskin, spine with 5 raised bands and floral decoration, title page in red morocco, volume pages in fawn morocco, blind-stamped fillet on the covers, gilt edges, red edges. (Contemporary binding). First edition. Ex libris by A. KUHNHOLTZ-LORDAT, engraved by J. DUPONT; hand-written ex libris by François CHARET. Large label from the bookseller François SEGUIN, in Avignon. Brunet, I, 1064; Tchemerzine, First and Rare Editions, II, 299. Slight defects to the binding; a good copy.
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