(Amsterdam; Cologne: George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard, 1697;1712).
Price: $1,250.00
Hardcover. Mixed two-volume set uniformly bound in near contemporary straight-grained light brown morocco, with decorative blind stamping and gold tooled borders on the covers, gilt spines also stamped in blind, plain dark brown endpapers, all edges gilt. Vol. 1 is the first edition, printed in Amsterdam by George Gallet in 1697; Vol. 2 is the second edition, printed in Cologne by Jacques Gaillard in 1712. 12mos. Both volumes are in French. Vol. 1: [14 (title page and avertissement)], [14 (Table)], 366pp., illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate and in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 1-44; Vol. 2: 427, [12 (Table)]pp., illustrated with in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 45-100. Note: The Table in vol. 1 includes a duplicate leaf (signed **2). Both title pages are printed in red and black. Each volume has a contemporary engraved armorial bookplate and a later Italian bookseller’s ticket on the front pastedown. The spines and edges of the boards are rubbed and worn, else a very good, attractive set, with Romeyn de Hooghe’s celebrated etchings in fine condition.
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