Bibliography & Book History

First edition. From 1768 onwards, this bibliography was continued by Fevier de Fondette, extending to all fields (ecclesiastical history, natural history, etc.) and no longer confined to the single area studied by Lelong.
Contemporary full brown sheepskin binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Extensive restorations in light brown sheepskin to the spine with tooling reapplied. Repairs in brown sheepskin to the boards. Renewed endpapers. The three fleurs-de-lys of the French royal arms on the title vignette have been erased. A good copy, overall fresh.

The best edition, which includes following Formey's text, the "Introduction générale à l'étude des Sciences et des Belles-Lettres en faveur des personnes qui ne savent que le français", by de La Martinière with notes by Abbé Trublet. The first edition was published in 1746.

Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine elegantly decorated. Red morocco title label. One tear with loss to the lower joint extending into the last compartment. Worming running from p.279 to the end, in the lower margin.

Good copy, decorative and fresh.

First edition, one of 300 copies, this one of 20 numbered and justified by François-Louis Schmied, the tirage de tête.
With 42 full page plates hors texte.
Spine and covers sunned at edges, scratch to head of lower cover, occasional wormholes, internally good. 

First edition.

Half twentieth-century skivertex binding imitating leather. Marbled paper boards. Gilt title. Good copy.

Protectionist measure for the purchase of leather-bound books. The ruling reports the favorable outcome of the lawsuit brought by the shoemakers of Châteauvillain.