- SAINT-LAMBERT (Jean-François de): The Seasons.... Lot 8

- SAINT-LAMBERT (Jean-François de): The Seasons. Poem. [followed by] Contes, Poésies fugitives et Fables orientales. Amsterdam, seventh edition, 1775; large in 8°, faux-title, frontispiece, title, 467 pp. 6 engraved plates, f. of errata, full red morocco, spine very wavy, boards decorated with a triple gilt fillet, inner lace, gilt edges. Binding by R. PETIT. Very fine edition illustrated with a frontispiece and six hors-texte figures by Moreau le Jeune, engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, Prévost and Simonet, as well as a title finial and four headpieces by Choffard. First edition illustrated with figures by Moreau le Jeune, after the original edition of 1769. The vignettes by Choffard are taken from this edition. A very fine copy, very well bound by Rémy Petit, bookbinder in Paris. Cohen, 926.