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DEMOUSTIER (Charles-Albert).

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Letters to Emily, about mythology. Latest edition. Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, IX - 1801. 6 parts in 2 volumes. - Moral courses and pamphlets in verse and prose. Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, XII - 1804. One volume. - Theater. Ibid. One volume. Set of 4 volumes in-8, long grain red morocco, gilt border, spine decorated, inside Greek, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Portrait of the author by Gaucher after Ducreux and 36 figures by Monnet for Lettres à Émilie, 5 portraits engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (Madame de Maintenon, Ninon de Lenclos, Madame de Montespan, Madame de La Vallière, and Louis XIV) for the Cours de Morale, and a portrait of the author engraved by Tardieu after Pajou for the Théâtre. Nice copy, very nicely bound. Large engraved armorial label of the Van Cleef brothers, booksellers in The Hague.