The Hague, chez Gosse & Neaulme, 1728-29. Folio. Engr. front,+ (10),+ 376 pp.+ 3 engr. plates; (8),+ 440 pp.+ engr. plate; (6),+ 434 pp.+ engr. plate. Titles printed in red and black, with 174 engr. vignettes in text (of which one pasted) and all pages printed within typographical borders. Stain in inner margin on the last four leaves in part one and last two in part two, a small spot pp 263-264 in part one. Worn contemporary full calf, richly gilt spines with raised bands and red labels, boards with gilt frames, red edges. Three volumes, joints cracked. Bookplate of Chataud de Chemilly, ?Ancient conseiller de la cour des Aides de Paris? Cohen-DeRicci col. 407-08 ?Superbes illustrations? Lewine p. 191. First complete edition of Fontenelle?s work, in the more rare folio format with borders around the text and with the fine engraved plates by Bernhard Picart, one with the portrait of Fontenelle after Rigaud and with engraved head- and tail-pieces by Picart throughout. Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) was both author of dramas and of scientific treaties, and he is considered one of the most important members of the early enlightenment.Contains in part 1:Dialogue des morts, Entretiens, sur la pluralit� des mondes, Histoire des oracles, De l?origine des fables, De l?existence de Dieu. Part 2: Poesie pastoral, Discours sur la nature de la l?egloue, Digression sur les anciens & les modernes, Thetis et Pel�e, En�e et Lavinie, tragedie en musique, Recueil de po�sis diverses, Lettres galantes de Mr le chevalier d?Her, Oeuvre mel�es. Part 3: Histoire du renouvellement de l?Academie Royale des Sciences. Eloges des academiciens de l?Academie Royale des Science morts depuis l?an 1699.

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Title: Oeuvres diverses de M. de Fontenelle, de l?Academie Fran�oise. Nouvelle edition, augment�e & enrichie de figur�s grav�es par Bernard Picart le Romain. 1-3.
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback

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