[VARIA XVIIIe] - Lot 757

Lot 757
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[VARIA XVIIIe] - Lot 757
[VARIA XVIIIe] Reunion of 6 volumes: - THIERS (Jean-Baptiste): Histoire des Perruques, où l'on fait voir leur origine, leurs usages, leur forme, l'abus et l'irrégularité de celles des ecclésiastiques. Paris, the author, 1690. In-12 : 12f., 544pp. Printed vignette of Mr. Leboucher, General Counsel of the Chamber of Accounts of Brittany in Nantes. Contemporary brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, spine ends rubbed, gilt roulette on the edges, corners blunted, edges speckled red. First edition of this curious work which stigmatizes the wearing of wigs by ecclesiastics; the author details all the hairstyles allowed to churchmen, such as birettas, mitres, hoods, etc. - ANONYMOUS]: Traité des Négations de la Langue françoise. Paris, Guillot, 1780. In-12 : 1f., 64pp. 3f. Contemporary marbled tan basane, red title page and gilt fillets on smooth spine. Rare first edition.
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