CONTES et NOUVELLES EN VERS -- Tome Premier et Tome Second

Voltaire; Vergier; Sénecé; Perrault; Moncrif et le P. Ducerceau; Grécourt; Saint-Lambert; Champfort; Piron; Dorat; La Monnoye ; François de Neufchateau

Published by Editions Leclere, Paris, 1862

About this Item

(iv), 208, (vi); (vi), 207, (v) pages; Contents of both volumes clean and secure in contemporary bindings of handsome black half-leather with 5 raised bands at spines, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Some scattered foxing to initial leaves and concluding leaves; some crazing at spine, rubbed a bit at extremities. An attractive set. Gilt titles in second compartments and volume number in third compartments. Title pages printed in Red & Black. Set Number 199 of a Limited Edition of only 200 copies; both books numbered 199. Silk place ribbons. Tome I with vignette medallion portrait of Voltaire, Tome II vignette of Grecourt. Each author's contribution has a title page and an egraved in-text illustration; first volume has 21 illustrations and second volume has 25 illustrations. Voltaire's pieces begin with: L'Education d'un Prince. Grecourt's begin with Le Cuisinier Scrupuleux. Tome Premier (iv), 208, (vi); Tome Second (vi), 207, (v).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONTES et NOUVELLES EN VERS -- Tome Premier et Tome Second
• Publisher: Editions Leclere, Paris
• Publication Date: 1862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Numbered Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Illustrated Books
  • French Language and Literature
  • Poetry