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Small-scale editions from the 18th century.

A set of two charming little books with illustrations, beautifully bound in morocco leather.

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A set of two charming little books with illustrations, beautifully bound in morocco leather.

-[DORAT].

Les Baisers, followed by Le Mois de Mai, a poem. Geneva, 1777.

[Bound together].

Poems by Sappho, followed by various Poems…

In Amsterdam, 1777. 

Two works in one volume, 8vo, (3) folios, 166 pp.; (3) folios, 152 pp. Imitation green morocco, smooth decorated spine, red title label, “DAUGER” in gilt letters on the spine tail, triple fillet framing the covers, gilt roulette on the edges, gilt edges (corners slightly rubbed).

Charming binding. Each volume is illustrated with a black copper-engraved frontispiece.

Label “À Strasbourg, chez Fr. Gay”.

-VERGIER, Jacques. 

Works by Vergier.

In London, [Cazin], 1780.

3 volumes in-16, (3) ff., 263 pp.; (3) ff., 288 pp. and (3) ff., 288 pp. Contemporary red morocco, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and gilt fillets, green title label and volume number, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt roulette on the raised bands, gilt edges (corners worn, covers very slightly rubbed, top cap of volume 3 damaged).

Each volume is illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece, including a portrait of the author in Volume I.

A fine copy printed on azure paper.

Cazin, Sa vie et ses éditions (1863), 82.