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BUDOIS-FONTANELLE, J.-G.

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Philosophical adventures. Tunquin (Paris), 1766. 1 vol. in-12. Full speckled fawn calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, triple gilt fillet, spine gilt, red morocco title-piece, edges gilt. XIIpp, 204pp. First edition. Elegant copy with the arms of the Duchess of Gramont, Beatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, daughter of François-Joseph II (Champagne). She married in 1759 Antoine-Antonin, duke of Gramont. The duchess of Gramont had gathered a considerable library. Barbier, I, 345. O.H.R. pl. 2160, n°1.