FORMEY, Jean Henry Samuel
Principes élémentaires des belleslettres.
New expanded edition, with reflections on the spectacles. Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider, 1763. In-12 (166 x 98 mm) of 272 pp. Blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated, marked on the tail 'ex-libris Adr.
Jos. Have', red edges (contemporary binding).
Formey gives in 73 lessons (divided into 821 articles) the details of the principles of Belles Lettres with articles on beauty, poetry, spectacles, theatre, satire, newspapers, dictionaries, etc.
Paper sometimes browned, otherwise a fine and well preserved copy.
