French Poetry and Plays: a collection of leather bound books, 18th - 19th centuries, to include: Oeuvres Complettes de M. de Belloy, de L'Académie Françoise, Citoyen de Calais., 6 Vols., full leather bound with gilt tooling and lettering to spine, book plates to marbled end pages, Paris: Chez Moutard, 1779; Oeuvres de M. Boileau Despréaux, par M. De Saint-Marc, new edition, 5 Vols., full leather bound with gilt tooling, Paris: Chez David et Chez Durand, 1747; Oeuvres de Molière, avec un commentaire Historique et Littéraire, par M. Petitot., 6 Vols., three quarter leather and cloth bound, Paris: J. P. Aillaud, 1821; and various other books (49)

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