Henry Desbordes

This edition is a modified impression of the first illustrated edition of 1685. The illustration consists of 2 frontispieces and 58 half-page vignettes drawn by Romeyn de Hooghe (except the second frontispiece which is not found in the 1685 edition and the figures of the 4 last tales). "The frontispiece of the first volume is that of 1685 reversed, without signature. The date and the bookseller's name have been removed. The frontispiece of the 2nd vol. is a new composition without signature. The vignettes are those of 1685, reversed and engraved with a certain fineness". Hédé-Haüy, p. 13. This is therefore not a reissue, the figures having been newly engraved and reversed. This particularity

First edition. The additions and notes published in 1702 are bound with this volume.
Contemporary brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Corners slightly bumped.
Father Soris belonged to the order of Fontevraud, originally founded by Robert d'Arbriselles. The work takes the form of a long letter addressed to Pierre Bayle.

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