[Stereotype Editions]. Set of 14 works in 18 volumes. Each v - Lot 201

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[Stereotype Editions]. Set of 14 works in 18 volumes. Each v - Lot 201
[Stereotype Editions]. Set of 14 works in 18 volumes. Each volume bears a modern bookplate. 1. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. Mémoires du duc de La Rochefoucauld. A Paris, chez Ant. Aug. Renouard, XII-1804 (de l'impr. de Crapelet). In-12, X-329-[1] pp. and [8] pp. of catalog, 7 engraved portraits by St-Aubin, including 1 frontispiece. Contemporary tan basane, smooth ornate spine, red title-piece, yellow edges speckled with red. (Ex-libris torn off on back cover. Some foxing to figures.) Ex. in large wove paper. 2. CORNELIUS NEPOS. Cornelii nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum. Parisiis, Apud Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1796 (e. typ. Didot Junioris). 2 vol. in-12, 212 + [4]-223-[1] pp. and 28 pp. catalog. Contemporary marbled calf, ornate smooth spine, red title-pieces, roulette on covers, gilt edges (headbands uncovered, spine rubbed, corners dulled). Copy in large vellum paper (Brunet II, 289). 3. FLÉCHIER. Oraisons funèbres de Fléchier. Bishop of Nismes. A Paris, Chez Ant. Aug. Renouard, An X-1802 (de l'imprimerie de Crapelet). 2 vol. in-12, 274-[1] + 261 pp. engraved frontispiece portrait after St-Aubin. Eppoco red morocco, smooth spines adorned with cold filets, green titles and greeces, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (spine slightly faded). Copy in large vellum paper. 4. MASSILLON. Petit carême de Massillon, évêque de Clermont. A Paris, Chez Ant. Aug. Renouard, An X-1802 (de l'imprimerie de Crapelet). In-12, [6]-325-[2] pp. front portrait g5avé by St-Aubin. Contemporary speckled calf, ornate smooth spine, black title-piece, gilt edges, roulettes on the boards (Joints rubbed, one cracked at the head, corners rubbed). Printed on large wove paper. At the end, advertisements for the following volumes: "this interesting suite of our best funeral orations... is printed in such a way as to follow on from the collection of stereotype editions". Binding signed by P. Bozerian at foot of spine. 5. PLINE. C. Plinii Caecilii secundi Panegyricus Trajano Augusto dictus. Parisiis, Apud. Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1796 (typ. C. Crapelet, an. IV). In-18, VII-212-[2] pp. (catalog). Post-grained basane, smooth ornate spine, red title-piece, roulette over boards, gilt edges (corners and boards rubbed). From the Collection des auteurs classiques. Edition of 270 copies. Note in fine: "This volume, and the Cornelius Nepos which is currently in press at Didot jeune, are printed on superfine vellum paper, from the Courtalin factory, the only paper I will use from now on for all the volumes in this collection". Ex-libris ms. XIXe on one endpaper. 6. BOILEAU. OEuvres de Boileau Despréaux, à l'usage des lycées et des écoles secondaires. Paris, Stéréotype d'Herhan, An XIII - 1805. In-12, [4]-382 pp. Contemporary glazed raciné calf, smooth spine decorated with small-inked caissons, roulette on the boards, speckled tr. (1 marbled half-guard is missing). 7. LEMIERRE. Selected works by Lemierre. Stereotype edition after Firmin Didot's process. A Paris, de l'impr. et de la fonderie stéréotypes de Pierre Didot l'aîné et de Firmin Didot. 1811. 2 vols. in-12, [6]-XVII-199-[1] +190 pp. catalog. Contemporary glazed marbled calf, ornate smooth spines, red titles and gilded edges, roulettes on covers, spines and chasses (3 uncovered headpieces, rubbed spines and corners, some russeting). Large vellum paper. Ex-libris armorié gravé Choppin de Villy, on which is an ex-libris stamp J. Lombart. 8. LA FONTAINE. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, suivie des poëmes d'Adonis, de la captivité de Saint-Malc et du Quinquina. Paris, Stéréotype d'Herhan, An XII - 1804. In-12, XIV-90-[1] pp. frontispiece portrait after Rigaud, 8 figures after Moreau engraved by Delvaux. Post red morocco half-basin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, marbled edges (the printer's proof opposite the title is missing; title faded, first few pages freckled). 9. VOLTAIRE. La Henriade, poëme avec les notes et variantes, suivi de l'essai sur la poèsie épique. By Voltaire. Stereotype by Herhan. Paris, Chez Théodore Dabo (Senlis, impr. Tremblay stereotype), 1820. In-12, [4]-382 pp. long-grained fawn half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and cold fleurons, gilt title, marbled edges (Corners worn, a few russets). 10. CAMPISTRON. OEuvres choisies de Campistron. Stereotype edition after the Firmin Didot process. A Paris, de l'impr. et de la fonderie stéréotypes de Pierre Didot l'aîné et de Firmin Didot. 1810. In-12, XIV-198-[1] p. Basane jaspée period, ornate smooth spine, black title page, jaspées edges. 11. DESTOUCHES. Selected works by Destouches. Stereotype edition after the Firmin Didot process. A Paris, de l'impr. et de la fonderie stéréotypes de Pierre Didot l'aîné et de Firmin Didot. 1810. 2 vols. In-18, 317-[1] + 299-[1] pp. Contemporary tortoiseshell Basane, ornate smooth spines, green titles and gilded edges. (Pet. missing from one headpiece, 1 spine split on the other).
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