Les Caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle. Tome I [+ II]
by La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
"Portrait et fleurons dessinés et gravés sur bois par J.-L. Perrichon." "Exemplaire no. 1300." Two volumes. First published 1688; expanded fourth edition of 1689. "Table des noms" at end of vol. 2. Portrait of the author at beginning of Vol. 1; a coat of arms at beginning of Vol. 2. (See Wikipedia for a sketchy biography of the author and "sarcastic portraiture" of his contemporaries.) Handsomely bound, with original grey paper wraps, in dark-green leather, spines sunned to red, with gold spine lettering & marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; part unopened; near fine. Stock#Lopes027.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Lopes027
- Title
- Les Caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle. Tome I [+ II]
- Author
- La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Éditions d'Art Édouard Pelletan / Helleu et Sergent, Éditeurs... MCMXXII
- Place of Publication
- Paris France
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 17th century France French moralist
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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