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39 - FONTENELLE (B. le Bovier de). VARIOUS WORKS. Paris, Brunet, 1715. Four volumes in 12mo, in light calfskin, with gold-stamped coat of arms in the center of the covers, ornate ribbed spine, title and volume number labels, gold-filleted edges and caps, speckled edges (contemporary binding). A small tear at the top edge of the first volume; a small black ink stain on the side edge of volume 4. NEW, expanded EDITION. Vol. I–II: New Dialogues of the Dead—Vol. III: Plato’s Judgment—Vol. IV: History of the Oracles. A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT of the author on the frontispiece of Vol. I, engraved on steel by Michel Dossier after a work by Hyacinthe Rigaud. A STUNNING COPY WITH GOLDEN COATS OF ARMS, unidentified. A handwritten note mentions “The coat of arms of Duke Gontaut-Biron,” but this attribution does not match the one reproduced by OHR. ¶ Tchemerzine, III-328, which describes an 8-volume edition.
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FONTENELLE (B. le Bovier de). VARIOUS WORKS. Paris, Brunet, 1715. Four volumes in 12mo, in light calfskin, with gold-stamped coat of arms in the center of the covers, ornate ribbed spine, title and volume number labels, gold-filleted edges and caps, speckled edges (contemporary binding). A small tear at the top edge of the first volume; a small black ink stain on the side edge of volume 4. NEW, expanded EDITION. Vol. I–II: New Dialogues of the Dead—Vol. III: Plato’s Judgment—Vol. IV: History of the Oracles. A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT of the author on the frontispiece of Vol. I, engraved on steel by Michel Dossier after a work by Hyacinthe Rigaud. A STUNNING COPY WITH GOLDEN COATS OF ARMS, unidentified. A handwritten note mentions “The coat of arms of Duke Gontaut-Biron,” but this attribution does not match the one reproduced by OHR. ¶ Tchemerzine, III-328, which describes an 8-volume edition.
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