[Daniel de FOE]. Histoire du diable Amsterdam, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1730. 2 volumes in-12, half Lavallière basane, spine with 5 ornate nerves (20th century binding). 100/150 Brunet, II- 567 / Coumont, D29. 32 / Reynaud, 188 /// I. (6f.)-264 / II. (2f.)-302. Second edition with engraved frontispiece. The first appeared in 1729. The work was placed on the index in 1744. Copy containing, in Volume I, 4 leaves that escaped Coumont and Reynaud, which contain the preface and the Table of chapters. Binding rubbed. Stain on one leaf and tear on another.

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