[CREBILLON] Complete works. Paris, Les libraires associés, 1785. 3 vol. in-8° bound in full marbled blond calf, spines decorated with gilt, triple gilt fillet framing the boards stamped with gilt arms, single fillet at the edges (Binding of the period). Vol.1: [3] ff, LXXVI, 285 pp, Vol.2: [2] ff, 375 pp, Vol.3: [2] ff, 333 pp. Decorated with a frontispiece portrait and 9 engraved out-of-text figures, all after Marillier. A copy with the arms of the de Secondat de Montesquieu family. A fine copy despite some light foxing and browned pages. Old bookseller's label Provenance: Collection of a Basel bibliophile Binding: Very good condition Some rubbing at the edges Minor superficial spotting on some boards at the level of the gilt coat of arms Inside pages: Pleasantly clean Some light foxing on the boards Some browned pages

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