Histoire de l'Académie françoise, par Messieurs Pellisson & dOlivet
Hardcover
1743 · Paris
by PELLISSON-FONTANIER, Paul (16241693) -- OLIVET, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier (abbé de) (16821768)
Paris, 1743. Hardcover. Good. 8vo (165 x 98mm). Pagination: 419pp.; 413pp., [35]. Engraved medallion of Apollo Palatinus dated 1673 on p. 24 of vol. 2. Period French speckled calf, marbled endpapers, red speckled edges, silk bookmarks (edgewear, some outer chips and light intermittent foxing, otherwise good). Early ownership inscription (identical; J. Borne?) on each title page. Bookplate of Daniel Benjamin Creux 1792 on front pastedowns. (Inventory #: WB16427)