THE MONNOYE BERNARD DE.
SELECTED WORKS. The Hague, Charles le Vier; Paris, Saugrain; Dijon, Desventes, 1770; 2 vol. in-4 of [1] f., 74 pp., [1] f., 450 pp. ; [1] f., 8-484 pp., [1] f., period bindings in marbled calfskin, cold fillets on the covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilded boxes with arms at the tail, red and green pieces, red slices.
First collective edition, published with historical memoirs on the life and writings of the author by Rigoley de Juvigny. There we find Latin and French poetry, speeches and correspondence. This print in quarto format is rarer and more considered than that in 3 volumes. in-8.
Unidentified weapons on the lower back.
Some minor foxing and watering.- As is often the case, Jean Carrive initialed the volumes at the end, noting the date (of acquisition?): October 19, 1955.
Quérard, La France littéraire, 4, 502.