Humblot

Edition with some parts in first edition. Second edition expanded by Cardonne, of the first translation by Antoine Galland which had appeared in 1724.
Full marbled and glazed calf binding, smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label and volume label. Red edges. 2 corners slightly bumped. Signs of rubbing, notably to headcaps and joints.
These fables of Bidpai (or Pilpai) are extracted from the "Panchatantra" attributed to Pandit Vishnu Sarma, who would have lived in the 3rd century BC. They were translated into Persian and Arabic, and spread throughout the Orient. These are the oldest fables that we know. It is not sufficiently known but this was one of the sources of La...

First edition.
Contemporary marbled brown full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Head worn. 3 small wormholes along the upper joint. Rubbing marks. Lacks to lower joint at head and tail. Overall rather fresh. Blue stamp on half-title page: "Fousire" Library?
Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni (1713-1792) was, after being a mediocre actress by necessity, a novelist highly appreciated in her time, to such an extent that her peers refused to acknowledge that the author was a woman. Her first novel was an immediate success and the following ones were even better received, praised for the refinement of style and the interest of details, placing Madame...

New editions. One frontispiece engraved by De Longueil after Watelet and 4 title fleurons engraved by Watelet for the Choix de poésies (cf. Cohen, col. 500). One frontispiece engraved by Watelet after Pierre, 5 head-vignettes engraved by Marguerite Le Comte (4) and Watelet (1) and one tailpiece for Daphnis (cf. Cohen, col. 436). One frontispiece, 10 head-vignettes and 2 tailpieces engraved by Watelet for the Idylles (cf. Cohen, col. 431).
Contemporary full grained calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with blind fillets, unidentified gilt numbers at foot. Blind fillet frame to boards. All edges speckled red.
Small hole in the blank of the title of volume...

Fourth edition statement, after the first published in 1765.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. One tear with loss at foot. Corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
Bergier was responsible for a considerable number of critical works of controversy against the Enlightenment philosophers, notably against the materialists, as a defender of the church and religion. He attacks Rousseau and his theses particularly here, notably those set forth in Emile, which he considers dangerous for man, the state, and religion.

Second edition, published after the first edition of 1767.
Contemporary full glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. One wormhole on the title label, 2 on the upper board. A pale dampstain in the margin of the first 3 leaves; a tear with loss to leaf 71, without any damage to the text.
Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni (1713-1792) was, after being a mediocre actress by necessity, a novelist highly appreciated in her time, to such an extent that her peers refused to acknowledge that the author was a woman. Her first novel had immediate success and the following ones were even better received, praised for the fineness of style and the interest of details, placing...