FONTENELLE Bernard Le Bouyer de
Various works
The Hague, Gosse and Neaulme, 1728-9, 3 volumes
In-folio. Full contemporary calf. Spine with 6 nerves decorated with gilded caissons and fleurons. Red edges. Joints partly cracked, headbands worn and rubbed with use. Very fresh inside.
Edition decorated with a frontispiece with a portrait of Fontenelle after Rigaud, 5 out-of-text figures, 2 title fleurons and 174 vignettes and culs-de-lampe, all engraved by Bernard Picart. The text is framed by a typographic frieze.
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