CHARRON (Pierre) - On wisdom - Paris; Jean-François Bastien, 1783 - 2 parts in 1 large volume In-4° - Aureole in the upper part of the work - Portrait of the author on the front cover by Pruneau - Binding of the period in black veined fawn leather (3 corners dulled, triple fillet framing the boards and angular fleurons - inner scroll - spine ribbed and decorated (snagged on the upper cover) - tan morocco title-piece - gilt edges - 1 of the few copies reprinted on large paper, the ordinary edition being In-8°. Reference : Brunet, I, 1811.

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