Nicolas BOINDIN

First edition.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Tan morocco title label. Tear with holes at head. 2 holes along the upper joint at tail. Rubbed and scuffed throughout. Browning framing the first 3 leaves including the title page.
According to the collation, the second part lacks a half-title or title for the second and third letters. However, we believe that the same title was used for these different parts and that it was placed only at the head of the first letter of the second part. The collections sold did not always contain all the parts with different pagination found in this copy. For example, the copy in the Bibliothèque nationale de

First edition. Illustrated with two folding maps in the second volume, showing the states of Roman tribes.
Full grained calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label and volume labels. A small lack to the cover of volume I. Pale and light yellow dampstain at beginning of work. Handsome copy.
These works contain a memoir on the life of Boindin by Boindin himself, his theatrical pieces, volume II containing various studies and research by the author: on the sounds of language (phonetic studies), on Roman names, on Roman tribes, and finally on ancient theatre. Boindin was an essential figure in 18th-century intellectual life, one of the central figures at café Procope