- Lot 495

Pierre-Joseph BERNARD / CRÉBILLON FILS / DORAT / HELVETIUS - Lot of 5 works. - Pierre-Joseph BERNARD - The art of loving, and various poems. [Paris, Le Jay, 1783 ?] [Related:] Phrosine et Mélidore, poëme en quatre chants. Messina and found in Paris, Le Jay, 1772. 2 works bound in 1 volume in-8, 210 x 130 mm, 134, [2]; [4], 55 pp. Contemporary porphyry calf, smooth spine decorated, title page (spine and spine ends rubbed, spine ends split at the tail, top cover torn off). The first work includes 1 engraved title and 3 engraved plates after P. Martini, 2 of which bear the date of 1775. "Phrosine et Mélidore" is illustrated with 4 plates out of text engraved after Eisen. Some foxing and spotting. - Claude-Prosper de CRÉBILLON fils] - The Sopha, moral tale. Peking, Les Libraires Associés, 1000, 700, 60, 14 (1774). In-12, 180 x 105 mm, 363, [7] pp. pastiche binding, blond shagreened calf, smooth spine with flowers, title-piece (renewed endpapers). Unsigned frontispiece. Some foxing and browning. - Claude-Joseph DORAT] - Collection of stories and poems. Fourth edition, corrected by the author, increased with the "Coureur alerte" & the "Moissonneuse". The Hague, Paris, Delalain, 1776. In-8, 180 x 114 mm, 175 pp. Contemporary porphyry calf, smooth spine decorated, title-pieces, gilt edges (spine restored, jaws rubbed, jaws split at head and tail). Edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 5 engravings, 4 vignettes and a cul-de-lampe signed by Eisen and 5 unsigned culs-de-lampe. Provenance: Wolfgang Metzner; Heinrich von Haerdtl. Cohen, 322 (for the 1st ed.). Reynaud, 142. - Claude-Joseph DORAT - Selected works. Paris, Delalain ainé, 1786. 3 volumes in-12, 140 x 80 mm, 64, 274, [6]; [4], 384; [4], 404 pp. (some foxing and/or browning without gravity). Contemporary brown calf, spine flory with five raised bands, red morocco title-pieces and green morocco end-pieces (epidermal marks on the boards). - Claude-Adrien HELVETIUS - Poetry. London, s.n. [Cazin], 1781. In-18, 115 x 70 mm, [4], lvii, [2], 176 pp. Portrait of Helvetius in frontispiece. Contemporary blond calf, double gilt fillet on the boards, smooth spine, title-piece (spine rubbed, spidering, headbands torn off, corners dull). TOGETHER 7 VOLUMES, VARIOUS CONDITIONS.