Histoires nouvelles, et mémoires ramassés

First edition, rare.
Contemporary marbled brown full calf binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label. Blind-ruled frame on boards. Wide margins. Cracks to upper joint at head. Good copy.
Collection composed of 5 gallant novellas: Mémoires de Mademoiselle de ***, sous le nom de Lucilie; Dom Juan & Isabelle, histoire portugaise; Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arbentieres; Les deux Anglois, nouvelle; Lettre de M. ** à Mlle *** sur l'origine de la Musique. The Count of Caylus, important archaeologist and antiquarian of the Enlightenment, was at the same time a writer of tales and novellas in the 18th-century vogue; he even became a draftsman after taking courses with Watteau and managed to become a skilled engraver.