BERTIN (Antoine) - Lot 59

BERTIN (Antoine) OEuvres avec notes et variantes précédées d'une notice historique sur sa vie. Paris, Roux-Dufort aîné, 1824. In-8. Contemporary red calf, spine ribbed and decorated with cold-plate flowers and a series of double fillets, gilt roulette on the corners, interior roulette, gilt edges. Contains his famous letter to his friend and compatriot from the island of Bourbon, Evariste de Forges de Parny, during the trip he made to Saint-Sauveur in 1782 to treat his compromised health. This letter in prose and verse is one of the earliest Pyrenean writings. Enclosed: BOSSUET (Jacques Bénigne) : Les oraisons funèbres suivies d'un sermon pour la profession de Mme de La Vallière du panégyrique de Saint Paul et du sermon sur la vocation des gentils. Etchings by V. FOULQUIER. Tours, Mame et fils, 1869. Large in-8; frontispiece portrait and engravings at head of chapters. Very white paper. Eggplant morocco, lightened ornate ribbed spine, double gilt fillet framing the boards, filleted edges, interior lace, gilt edges.