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Les Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec avec Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de ce Siecle
1926B6935Paris: Rene Kieffer Ducros & Colas. 1926. Interior clean and crisp. Binding: Full original blind-stamped morocco boards in compartmentalized design with central radiating motif. Spine with 4 raised bands blind-tooled compartments and design matching boards gilt lettering. Marbled pasted and free endpapers. Top edges gilt. Front and bottom edges deckled. Notes: Limited edition 98/550.<br>Text in French.<br>Jean de la Bruyere 1645 – 1696 was a French philosopher and moralist noted for his satire. <br><br> Size: Quarto 285 x 200 mm Illustration: A fine example of this translation of Theoprastus the Greek philosopher and successor to Aristotle. With 19 plates of woodcuts after Georges Bruyer and many other vignettes and in-text illustrations. Bottom edges of leaves blind-stamped with publisher’s name. With Rene Kieffer’s label fixed to verso of front free endpaper and publication ticket-strip dated guarded at back. Pages: P. Blank 6. Pictorial title. Blank 3. Half title. Blank. Justification du Tirage. Blank. Title. Blank. P. 1-333. Blank. Colophon. Blank 4. Leaf with black pictorial stamp. Publisher’s ticket. Blank 6. Category: Book Classics; Book Caricatures; Book Philosophy; Rene Kieffer, Ducros & Colas. hardcover
