ROUCHER (Jean-Antoine). The months, poem in twelve songs. Paris, Quillau and De Conti, 1779. 2 vols. in-4° bound in full marbled blond calf, spines decorated with gilt, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt roulette on the edges and inside. (Binding of the period). Vol.1: [2] ff, 8 pp, [2] ff, 363 pp, Vol.2: [2] ff, 380 pp, [1] f. With 1 frontispiece and 4 plates out of text engraved by Simonnet, Ponce and Gauchet after Moreau le jeune, Cochin and Marillier. First edition. Good condition, binding with old restorations and defects, qlqs ff. Provenance : Collection of a Basel bibliophile Good condition Binding : Binding restored notably at corners, spine and jaws Joints partially cracked at old restorations Corners slightly dulled Uniform patina homogenizing the whole (notably old epidermal marks) and having left traces on the boards Inner pages : Qlqs light freckles Several ff. oxidized in a variable manner, some browned Minimal spotting and soiling to some ff.