Pierre Witte

New edition, rare, illustrated with five figures by Romain de Hoogue, unsigned. These illustrations differ from the Etienne Rogier 1710 edition. The novel was erroneously attributed to Robert Challe by Barbier. The first edition, of which no copy is known, would have been printed in 1670. One figure is missing at page 261.
Full red morocco binding ca 1860 signed Hardy-Mennil on the pastedown. Spine with raised bands decorated. Gilt title and date. Triple fillet frame on boards. Rich inner fillet border. Gilt edges. Very handsome copy, perfectly executed.
Sentimental novel set at Vaux-le-Vicomte with a most extraordinary plot. The Marquis de Ribeville falls in love with a melancholy...

New edition and first Parisian after two Dutch editions, the original being from 1670. One frontispiece and 5 very fine unsigned figures. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary brown speckled glazed full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Beige morocco title label. Loose headcap. Lower joint partially split and open. Lack to upper joint at tail.
Sentimental novel set at Vaux-le-Vicomte whose plot is quite extraordinary to say the least. The Marquis de Ribeville falls in love with a melancholic and silent young girl. He saves her from a certain peril. She tells her story believing herself to be Clélie, the heroine of Scudery's eponymous novel. She would therefore be...

New and latest early edition corrected by Abbé Souchay. It is illustrated with 60 figures including ten frontispieces, all engraved by Guelard after drawings by Gravelot and Rigot.
Contemporary bindings in full brown grained calf, spines with five raised bands decorated with red morocco title and volume labels as well as gilt compartments and fleurons, gilt arms of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon stamped at the foot of the spines, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, gilt roll on leading edges, all edges speckled red.
Head caps missing on three volumes (3, 5 and 10) and partially damaged on three others (1, 4 and 8), that of the tail of the first volume absent and...