7 works, 10 volumes: - Lot 188

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7 works, 10 volumes: - Lot 188
7 works, 10 volumes: - PARNY (Evariste). *La Guerre des Dieux*. Paris, Debray, 1808, in-12, 232 pp. Paperback, orange marbled paper cover. (As published). - Corners of the first few folios slightly creased, no pages missing. - VERTOT (René Aubert, Abbé de). [NODIER]. *History of the Revolutions in Portugal*. Paris, Ménard & Desenne, 1819, small in-12, 2ff.-XIVpp.-212pp.- portrait. Paperback, plain pink vellum cover, untrimmed. (As published). - Interior in very fresh condition. Spine faded, trace of a label. The note on Vertot is by Ch. Nodier. - DUVOISIN (J.-B.). Démonstration évangélique. Third edition, considerably expanded. Paris, Société Typographique, Year X, (1802), 12mo, 2 leaves–VIII pp.–351 pp.–1 leaf. Paperback, blue laid paper slipcover, label. (As published). – Spine split. - HARDOUIN DE PEREFIXE. *History of King Henry the Great*. New edition, carefully corrected. Toulouse, Desclassan, Sens, 1782, in-12, 7ff. unnumbered—456pp. Bound in contemporary fawn calfskin, ribbed spine, decorated panels, red edges. - Caps and corners slightly rubbed; one section slightly loose in the center of the volume. - [EPINAY (Louise Tardieu d’Escalvelle, Marquise d’.)]. The Conversations of Emilie. Fourth edition. Paris, Belin, 1784, 2 volumes in-12, 2ff.—XIIpp.—416pp. - 2ff.-402pp.-1f. Contemporary bindings in root-textured fawn sheepskin, ribbed spines, ornate panels, title labels, red edges. - Volume I shows some signs of handling, a few creased leaves, slight water stain, its caps worn down and edges rubbed; corners of Volume II are worn, a few leaves are dog-eared. - [BRILLON (Pierre-Jacques)] (1671–1739). The New Theophrastus, or Critical Reflections on the Manners of This Century. A work in the style of Pascal’s Pensées. Paris, Brunet, 1700, in-12, 7 pp.—326 pp.—1 fol. Bound in brown calfskin, spine with raised bands and ornamentation. (Contemporary binding). - Copy shows some wear: rubbed caps, split joints, slightly loosened seams. - MEHEGAN (Chevalier Guillaume-Alexandre) (1721–1766). A Survey of Modern History, from the Fall of the Western Empire to the Peace of Westphalia. Paris, Saillant, Desaint, 1766, 3 volumes, 12mo, title page, pp. VII–XLVIII (apparently complete), 420 pp., 1 f. errata—title page, pp. 5–530, 1 f. errata—title page, pp. 5–543, 1 f. errata. Contemporary marbled fawn sheepskin bindings, ribbed spines, ornate panels, title labels, marbled edges. — Old handwritten bookplates in ink on the title pages: “Grurin de St.-Bonnet.” Printing error on pp. 363–364 of Volume III, with a few words missing. A few scattered small stains; one cap is rubbed. Posthumous first edition.
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