[TRAVELER'S PORTARY LIBRARY] - Lot 237

Lot 237
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[TRAVELER'S PORTARY LIBRARY] - Lot 237
[TRAVELER'S PORTARY LIBRARY] Bibliothèque Portative du Voyageur or Collection of the Best Works in verse and prose. Paris and Liège, Desoev, sd. 35/46 volumes in-36. Contemporary speckled tan calfskin, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces, fine gilt garland framing the boards, gilt roulettes on the edges and inside, gilt edges. All in excellent condition. In a wooden and cardboard box with a large tan calf folio book, smooth spine decorated, gilt garland framing the boards, small lacks and accidents. Contents: Theatre of Corneille (5 vols.) - Theatre of Racine (4 vols.) - Theatre of Voltaire (4 vols.) - Works of Boileau (1 vol.) - Fables of La Fontaine (2 vols.) - Tales of La Fontaine (2 vols.) - the Pucelle d'Orléans, Voltaire (1 vol.) - Works of Gresset (1 vol.) - Works of Bernis (1 vol.) - OEuvres de Bernard (1 vol.) - OEuvres de Vergier de Grécourt (1 vol.) - OEuvres de Molière (7 vol.) - OEuvres de Piron (2 vol.) - Histoire du Petit Jehan de Saintré et de Gérard de Nevers, by Tressan (1 vol.) - Memoirs of the Count of Grammont, Hamilton (1/2, vol. 2 only). Missing: Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie, Demoustier (3 vols.) - Grandeur des romains, Montesquieu (1 vol.) - Discours sur l'histoire universelle, Bossuet (3 vols.) - Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, Lesage (3 vols.) - Les amours de Daphnis et Chloé, d'Abrocome et d'Anthia (1 vol.) Provenance : Ex-libris printed Vizconde de Mamblas.
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