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S*** DE CASTRES. Les Trois siècles de la Littérature françoise, ou Tableau de l'esprit des écrivains, depuis François 1, jusqu'en 1781. Fifth edition revised, corrected, & enlarged. The Hague, Paris, Moutard, Madame & Madame la Comtesse d'Artois, 1781. 4 vols. in-12. Full contemporary calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, spine gilt, tan morocco title-pieces and black morocco tomes. A copy bearing the arms of Paul d'Albert de Luynes (1703-1788), bishop of Bayeux, then archbishop of Sens and cardinal. Label stuck on the title page: Ex-libris Richer. Handwritten bookplate on the back of the flyleaf: Cte Alphonse de la Guère. Prize book label pasted on the spine of the false title, from the Collège Senonensi. O.H.R. pl. 1845, n°3. Missing the false title of volume II. Minor scattered spotting. Spellings, lacks at corners and headpieces. As is.
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S*** DE CASTRES. Les Trois siècles de la Littérature françoise, ou Tableau de l'esprit des écrivains, depuis François 1, jusqu'en 1781. Fifth edition revised, corrected, & enlarged. The Hague, Paris, Moutard, Madame & Madame la Comtesse d'Artois, 1781. 4 vols. in-12. Full contemporary calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, spine gilt, tan morocco title-pieces and black morocco tomes. A copy bearing the arms of Paul d'Albert de Luynes (1703-1788), bishop of Bayeux, then archbishop of Sens and cardinal. Label stuck on the title page: Ex-libris Richer. Handwritten bookplate on the back of the flyleaf: Cte Alphonse de la Guère. Prize book label pasted on the spine of the false title, from the Collège Senonensi. O.H.R. pl. 1845, n°3. Missing the false title of volume II. Minor scattered spotting. Spellings, lacks at corners and headpieces. As is.
