193 - 14 bound volumes from the 18th century.

14 bound volumes from the 18th century. - VERTOT (René Aubert, Abbé de). History of the Revolutions in the Government of the Roman Republic. New edition. Avignon, Aubanel, 1800, 2 in-12 volumes, 1f.-408pp. - 1f.-352pp. Marbled fawn sheepskin, ornate ribbed spine, title labels, red edges. (Contemporary bindings). - Handwritten bookplate on the title pages: Baget du Montelle (or Moutelle). One cap slightly rubbed, hinges split. - AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE (Nicolas) (1634–1669). Historical, Political, Critical, and Literary Memoirs. Work printed from the author’s own manuscript. Amsterdam, Le Cène, 1731, 2 volumes in-12, 561 pp. – 462 pp. – 11 unnumbered folios. Brown calfskin, spine with decorated raised bands, title labels, red edges. (Contemporary bindings). - Two of the last leaves of vol. 1 mistakenly placed at the end of vol. 2. Bindings faded, paper slightly yellowed. - AGUESSEAU (Henri-François, Chancellor of the). Discourses and Miscellaneous Works. New edition, expanded to include several speeches and his Instructions to His Son. Paris, Les Libraires Associés, 1771, 2 volumes in-12, 2ff.-CLXVIII-388pp. - 2ff.-516pp. Contemporary bindings in root-textured fawn sheepskin, spined with decorative raised bands, title labels, marbled edges. - Upper cap of Volume I torn off, the others worn, corners and hinges rubbed, paper slightly yellowed in places. - [VERJUS (Antoine)]. The Life of St. Francis de Borgia. Third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Lyon, Molin, 1691, 2 volumes in-12, 11 unnumbered folios—429 pp.—1 blank folio—11 unnumbered folios. — 1 folio (title page)—481 pp.—10 unnumbered folios. Contemporary bindings in root-textured fawn sheepskin, ribbed spines, panels with gilt fillets adorned with small flowers, palmettes, and small gilt ironwork, title labels, marbled edges. - A pleasant copy. - JOLI (Guy). Memoirs of Guy Joli. Followed by a treatise concerning Cardinal de Retz... and memoirs of the Duchess of Nemours. New edition, thoroughly revised and corrected. Geneva, Fabry & Barillot, 1777, 2 volumes in-12, 501 pp. – 489 pp. Marbled fawn calfskin, smooth, decorated spines, red title labels, red edges. (Contemporary bindings). - Spines very slightly faded; minor damage to the cap and upper corners of volume 2; 2 rubbed corners. - [RICHARD (René)]. The True Father Joseph, Capuchin, Appointed to the College of Cardinals; Containing the Anecdotal History of Cardinal Richelieu. New expanded edition. At Saint Jean de Mauriene. [Paris, Butler], 1750, 2 volumes in-12, 1f.-VIII-362pp. - 1f.-359pp.-43pp. Mottled fawn calfskin, ornate ribbed spine, red title labels, red edges. (Contemporary bindings). - Corners slightly worn, otherwise a fine copy. - GIRARD (the Abbé). French Synonyms. Their Various Meanings, and the Choice Necessary to Speak Accurately... New Edition, Considerably Expanded... Enriched... by Mr. Beauzée... Followed by French Prosody, 1767 edition, and Essays on Grammar, by Abbé d’Olivet. Lyon, Ballanche & Barret, Year IX (1801), 2 volumes in-12, XVI-462 pp. – 432 pp. Contemporary marbled fawn sheepskin bindings, smooth spines with decorative embellishments. - A few minor flaws. Abbé Gabriel Girard, elected to the Académie Française in 1744, was born in Montferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) in 1677.