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DESFONTAINES (François-Georges Fouques Deshayes, said). Epistle to Quintus, on the insensitivity of the Stoics; piece which competed for the prize of the French Academy for the year 1764. Sl, sd, 1764. In-8, 15 pp, marbled fawn calf, smooth spine decorated, title-piece, cold fillet on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (period binding). (Cioranescu, XVIII, 23 211.) Bound with 3 occasional poems having participated in the competitions of the Academies: I. Les Plaisirs de l'âme. Epistle to a friend. Work which competed for the prize of the Academy of Floral Games in Toulouse, in 1763. Toulouse, and sold in Paris, Cuissart, 1763, 8 pp. Only two copies in the CCF (BnF and Clermont). - II. PEYRAUD DE BEAUSSOL : Poem to the English, on the occasion of the universal peace. S.l.n.d. [1763], 19 pp. Cioranescu, XVIII, 49 707. - III. VALLIER DU SAUSSAY (François-Charles): Aux grands et aux riches: epitre qui a concouru pour le prix de l'Académie Françoise, & qui a été lûe le jour de Saint Louis, à la séance publique de l'Académie d'Amiens. Amsterdam, 1764, 16 pp. Cioranescu, 62 787. A fine copy.
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DESFONTAINES (François-Georges Fouques Deshayes, said). Epistle to Quintus, on the insensitivity of the Stoics; piece which competed for the prize of the French Academy for the year 1764. Sl, sd, 1764. In-8, 15 pp, marbled fawn calf, smooth spine decorated, title-piece, cold fillet on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (period binding). (Cioranescu, XVIII, 23 211.) Bound with 3 occasional poems having participated in the competitions of the Academies: I. Les Plaisirs de l'âme. Epistle to a friend. Work which competed for the prize of the Academy of Floral Games in Toulouse, in 1763. Toulouse, and sold in Paris, Cuissart, 1763, 8 pp. Only two copies in the CCF (BnF and Clermont). - II. PEYRAUD DE BEAUSSOL : Poem to the English, on the occasion of the universal peace. S.l.n.d. [1763], 19 pp. Cioranescu, XVIII, 49 707. - III. VALLIER DU SAUSSAY (François-Charles): Aux grands et aux riches: epitre qui a concouru pour le prix de l'Académie Françoise, & qui a été lûe le jour de Saint Louis, à la séance publique de l'Académie d'Amiens. Amsterdam, 1764, 16 pp. Cioranescu, 62 787. A fine copy.
