Jean-François MARMONTEL - Collection of 4 books, 2 of which - Lot 428

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Jean-François MARMONTEL - Collection of 4 books, 2 of which - Lot 428
Jean-François MARMONTEL - Collection of 4 books, 2 of which are first editions. 1: Les Incas ou La Destruction de l'empire du Pérou. Paris, Lacombe, 1777. 2 volumes in-8° : xii-338-[2]; [4]-380-[4] pp. 11 pl. Contemporary glazed blond calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine decorated with flowers, title and appendices (1 part torn off upper headpiece, top cover of T. with split jaw at tail). First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 10 out-of-text figures by Moreau engraved by Duclos, de Ghendt, Helman, de Launay, Née and Simonet. Ref. Cohen, 690. Tchemerzine, IV, 449. Provenance: Chrétien de Treveneuc bookplate engraved by Ollivault. 2: Belisaire. Paris, Merlin, 1767. In-12: [2], x, 340, [3-1 bl.] pp. 4 pl. (Lacks the faux-titre, browning and spotting). Parchment, title page. Original edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece and 3 plates by Gravelot engraved by various artists. Ref. Cohen, 688. Provenance: Lytton Strachey bookplate; Roger Senhouse. 3: Contes moraux. Last edition. Paris, P. P. Brunet, 1776. 3 volumes in-8°: [4]-xviii (p. xviii bound at head)-345; [6]-37; [4]-312-[4] pp. 25 pl. (Russeting, spotting and browning, small marginal worm work at end of T. I). Contemporary porphyry calf, gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, title and gilt edges. Reprint of the first illustrated edition published in 1765 (after the original 1761 edition). Portrait by Cochin, title-frontispiece by Gravelot and 23 figures by Gravelot ("Gravelot's figures are among the prettiest this master has produced" Cohen, 687). The title-frontispiece, which must be repeated in each volume, is missing from volumes II & III. Provenance: bookplate of Commandant Raymond de Plantin de Villeperdrix and handwritten statement of ownership by Capitaine de Villeperdrix (1898). Ref. Cohen, 687. 4: Les Incas ou La Destruction de l'Empire du Pérou. Tome premier [-second]. Liege, Bassompierre, 1777. 2 volumes in-8°: [2 (of 4, lacking the faux-tittre)], 271-[1 bl.] (tear with small loss p. 55); [2 (of 4, lacking the faux-tittre)], 278 pp. (Freckles, ep. browning, 1 guard torn off). Contemporary shagreened calf, smooth ornate spine, title-pieces and end-pieces (Covers torn off, end-pieces scratched). Forming volumes X & XI of the "Oeuvres complettes". Ref: Theux, X. de. Bibliographie liégeoise (2nd ed.), 654. Working copy. Provenance: wet stamp with LD monogram. SET OF 8 VOLUMES, VARIOUS CONDITIONS.
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