ARMORIAL BINDINGS]. -- Mercure de France, dédié au Roy, Juin 1740. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, la veuve Pissot and Jean de Nully, 1740. Volume 2 (only), 12 o (157 x 93 mm). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, gilt triple fillet border and central coat-of-arms of Marie Leczinska, Queen of Louis XV (Olivier 2507, fer 4), gilt fleur-de-lys in compartments of spine, edges gilt. Provenance : Marie Leczinska (1703-1768) Queen of Louis XV (binding); Hans Fürstenberg (bookplate and pencil note 514); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 416). Single volume of the French gazette and literary magazine from the Library of Marie Leczinska.
ARMORIAL BINDINGS]. -- Mercure de France, dédié au Roy, Juin 1740. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, la veuve Pissot and Jean de Nully, 1740. Volume 2 (only), 12 o (157 x 93 mm). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, gilt triple fillet border and central coat-of-arms of Marie Leczinska, Queen of Louis XV (Olivier 2507, fer 4), gilt fleur-de-lys in compartments of spine, edges gilt. Provenance : Marie Leczinska (1703-1768) Queen of Louis XV (binding); Hans Fürstenberg (bookplate and pencil note 514); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 416). Single volume of the French gazette and literary magazine from the Library of Marie Leczinska. D'ORFEUIL, Auguste Rouillé. L'Alambic Moral, Ou Analyse Raisonnée De Tout ce Qui A Rapport A L'Homme . Maroc: N.p., 1773. 8 o (197 x 123 mm). Engraved device on title, advertisement label pasted on 2M4. (Some browning, tear and hole on title touching one border.) Contemporary red morocco, gilt triple fillet border, gilt floral tools in corners, surrounding central arms of Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (Olivier 2556, fer 1), turn-ins gilt, blue silk doublures, edges gilt (lightly rubbed, small stain on lower cover). Provenance : Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (1819-1864), Duchess of Parma (binding). Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois was the granddaughter of Charles X, King of France. When Charles X abdicated the throne, her family left as exiles and eventually settled in Austria. She married Ferdinando Carlo, Hereditary Prince of Lucca in Austria on 10 November 1845. Bibliothéque Universelle des Romans, Ouvrage Périodique Janvier 1776, Premier [Second] Volume . Paris: Au Bureau & chez Demonville and Chez Lacombe, [1776]. 2 volumes in one, 12 o (166 x 99 mm). Engraved devices on titles, engraved head- and tail-pieces. (A few leaves in part one with margins torn away, small repair in margin of E12 in part one, small rust hole in F11 part 2.) Contemporary red morocco, gilt triple fillet surrounding central arms of Marie Jeanne Béqus, comtesse du Barry (Olivier 657, fer 8), gilt citron morocco lettering pieces, spines with gilt flower tools, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt. Provenance : Marie Jeanne Béqus (1743-1793), Comtesse Du Barry (binding); Hans Fürstenberg (pencil note CF55a); Dr. Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, 7 December 1995, lot 55). Bibliothéque Universelle des Romans comprises a collection of excerpts from ancient and contemporary literature. 224 volumes were published under this title from 1775-1789; afterward, it was continued under the title Nouvelle Bibliothéque des Romans for 112 volumes from 1798 until 1805. FAVART, Charles-Simon- Les moissonneurs comédie La musique est de M. Duni. Paris: Duchesne, 1768. (Lacking plates.) Cohen-de-Ricci 374. -- [Anon.] Colas toujours Colas, comédie en trois actes melée de chant et de danses. Représentée par les comédiens francois de la cour sur le nouveau theatre de S.A.E. de Saxe à Dresde 1766. Dresden: G.C. Walther, 1766. Engraved frontispiece and 3 etched head-pieces. -- SEDAINE, Michel-Jean- L'isle sonnante, opera-comique La musique de M*** [Monsigny]. Paris: C. Herissant, 1768. -- SEDAINE, Michel-Jean- La musique de M. Philidor. Paris: C. Herissant, 1761. Engraved frontispiece, and engraved music. A prompt copy, with manuscript notations and tipped in manuscript notes. With music by Francois A.D. Philidor. -- QUÉTANT, Francois-Antoine. Les femmes et le secret, comédie en un acte, meslée d'ariettes. Paris: Chailleau, 1768. Engraved music. 5 works in one volume, 8 o (185 x 115 mm). Contemporary mottled calf with central coat-of-arms of Maximilian III Joseph Elector of Bavaria, gilt double-fillet border, flat spine elaborately gilt with two gilt lettered morocco labels, edges gilt. Provenance : Maximilian III Joseph (1727-1777) Elector of Bavaria (binding); Hans Fürstenberg ("Jean Furstenberg" bookplate and pencil note CF 251); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 205). An interesting Sammelband of popular Rococ
ARMORIAL BINDINGS]. -- Mercure de France, dédié au Roy, Juin 1740. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, la veuve Pissot and Jean de Nully, 1740. Volume 2 (only), 12 o (157 x 93 mm). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, gilt triple fillet border and central coat-of-arms of Marie Leczinska, Queen of Louis XV (Olivier 2507, fer 4), gilt fleur-de-lys in compartments of spine, edges gilt. Provenance : Marie Leczinska (1703-1768) Queen of Louis XV (binding); Hans Fürstenberg (bookplate and pencil note 514); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 416). Single volume of the French gazette and literary magazine from the Library of Marie Leczinska.
ARMORIAL BINDINGS]. -- Mercure de France, dédié au Roy, Juin 1740. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, la veuve Pissot and Jean de Nully, 1740. Volume 2 (only), 12 o (157 x 93 mm). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, gilt triple fillet border and central coat-of-arms of Marie Leczinska, Queen of Louis XV (Olivier 2507, fer 4), gilt fleur-de-lys in compartments of spine, edges gilt. Provenance : Marie Leczinska (1703-1768) Queen of Louis XV (binding); Hans Fürstenberg (bookplate and pencil note 514); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 416). Single volume of the French gazette and literary magazine from the Library of Marie Leczinska. D'ORFEUIL, Auguste Rouillé. L'Alambic Moral, Ou Analyse Raisonnée De Tout ce Qui A Rapport A L'Homme . Maroc: N.p., 1773. 8 o (197 x 123 mm). Engraved device on title, advertisement label pasted on 2M4. (Some browning, tear and hole on title touching one border.) Contemporary red morocco, gilt triple fillet border, gilt floral tools in corners, surrounding central arms of Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (Olivier 2556, fer 1), turn-ins gilt, blue silk doublures, edges gilt (lightly rubbed, small stain on lower cover). Provenance : Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (1819-1864), Duchess of Parma (binding). Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois was the granddaughter of Charles X, King of France. When Charles X abdicated the throne, her family left as exiles and eventually settled in Austria. She married Ferdinando Carlo, Hereditary Prince of Lucca in Austria on 10 November 1845. Bibliothéque Universelle des Romans, Ouvrage Périodique Janvier 1776, Premier [Second] Volume . Paris: Au Bureau & chez Demonville and Chez Lacombe, [1776]. 2 volumes in one, 12 o (166 x 99 mm). Engraved devices on titles, engraved head- and tail-pieces. (A few leaves in part one with margins torn away, small repair in margin of E12 in part one, small rust hole in F11 part 2.) Contemporary red morocco, gilt triple fillet surrounding central arms of Marie Jeanne Béqus, comtesse du Barry (Olivier 657, fer 8), gilt citron morocco lettering pieces, spines with gilt flower tools, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt. Provenance : Marie Jeanne Béqus (1743-1793), Comtesse Du Barry (binding); Hans Fürstenberg (pencil note CF55a); Dr. Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, 7 December 1995, lot 55). Bibliothéque Universelle des Romans comprises a collection of excerpts from ancient and contemporary literature. 224 volumes were published under this title from 1775-1789; afterward, it was continued under the title Nouvelle Bibliothéque des Romans for 112 volumes from 1798 until 1805. FAVART, Charles-Simon- Les moissonneurs comédie La musique est de M. Duni. Paris: Duchesne, 1768. (Lacking plates.) Cohen-de-Ricci 374. -- [Anon.] Colas toujours Colas, comédie en trois actes melée de chant et de danses. Représentée par les comédiens francois de la cour sur le nouveau theatre de S.A.E. de Saxe à Dresde 1766. Dresden: G.C. Walther, 1766. Engraved frontispiece and 3 etched head-pieces. -- SEDAINE, Michel-Jean- L'isle sonnante, opera-comique La musique de M*** [Monsigny]. Paris: C. Herissant, 1768. -- SEDAINE, Michel-Jean- La musique de M. Philidor. Paris: C. Herissant, 1761. Engraved frontispiece, and engraved music. A prompt copy, with manuscript notations and tipped in manuscript notes. With music by Francois A.D. Philidor. -- QUÉTANT, Francois-Antoine. Les femmes et le secret, comédie en un acte, meslée d'ariettes. Paris: Chailleau, 1768. Engraved music. 5 works in one volume, 8 o (185 x 115 mm). Contemporary mottled calf with central coat-of-arms of Maximilian III Joseph Elector of Bavaria, gilt double-fillet border, flat spine elaborately gilt with two gilt lettered morocco labels, edges gilt. Provenance : Maximilian III Joseph (1727-1777) Elector of Bavaria (binding); Hans Fürstenberg ("Jean Furstenberg" bookplate and pencil note CF 251); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 205). An interesting Sammelband of popular Rococ
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