French Literature, 1671-1773, Four Volumes.

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French Literature, 1671-1773, Four Volumes. Including: Francois de La Mothe Le Vayer's Hexameron Rustique, ou Les Six Journees Passess a la Campagne entre des Personnes Studieuses, Amsterdam: Jacques le Jeune, 1671, 12mo, [A-G12, H5], bound in full published green morocco by Thibaron-Joly, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., very good, 5 x 2 3/4 in.; Jean Baptiste Santeul's Hymni Sacri et Novi, Paris: Theirry, 1689, octavo, author's presentation copy, inscribed "ex dono Authoris" on ffep, dated 1689, [a8, A-Q8, A6], six leaves of music at the end, with page numbers added by hand, a correction of the text possibly in the author's hand, bound in very good full contemporary leather, intact and unsophisticated, edges marbled and gilt, double endbands, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.; Les Partisans Demasquez, Nouvelle Plus que Galante, Cologne: Adrien L'Enclume, gendre de Pierre Marteau, 1710, 12mo, [A2, A-T6, V4], engraved frontis, title printed in black and red, bound in full contemporary leather, a.e.g., 5 1/2 x 3 in.; [and] Aubert's Fables Nouvelles, Paris: Moutard, 1773, 12mo [a8, b4, c6, A-Z8/4, Aa-Ll4/8, Mm6, Nn4 (Nn4 blank and present)], bound in full contemporary sponge-decorated French calf, gilt spine, a.e.g., good, 5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (4)
Estimate $200-300


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