Memoires secrets pour servir à l'histoire de la république des lettres en France depuis MDCCLXII 1762 jusqu'à nos jours; ou Journal d'un observateur contenant les Analyses des pieces de théâtre qui ont paru durant cette intervalle; les Relations des Assemblées Littéraires; les Notices des livres nouveaux clandestins prohibés; les Pièces fugitives rares ou manuscrites en prose ou en vers; les Vaudevilles sur la cour; les Anecdotes et bons mots; les Eloges des savants des artistes des hommes de lettres morts etc.
177882351Londres: John Adamson 1778-1789. 37 vols. 12mo 18x11 cm.Complete vol. 37:"Table alphabétique" Bruxelles 1866. 36 vols. contemporary boards few sl. imperf.; partly discoloured gilt title on spines. and 1 vol. "Table": orig. printed wrappers sl. soiled spine repaired. The whole set published on handmade paper uncut the index-vol. limited to 200 numbered copies. Each volume about 300 pages with a different woodcut headpiece. - Remarks on first pages of the first vol. in old ink and on each title old ownership-inscription "Albert Spitaels". Interesting set. The publisher's date on titles is 1784 except for the volumes 9 1778 15 and 16 1781 19 - 21 1783 8 1785 25-30 1786 31-33 1788 and 34-36 1789. In vol. 17 20 and 22 last quire with marginal waterstain and of vol. 8 frontcover partly dam. - Collation: Vols. 1-6: resp. 324304324328328 and 324 pp.; Vol. 7: 328 pp. wrongly numbered by printer till p. 340; vol.8 -16: resp. 300336330240216328346306 and 288 pp.; vol. 17: 348 pp last quire waterstain in lower margin; vol. 18-19: resp. 352 and 324 pp.; vol. 20: 320 pp. margins last quire with waterstain; vol. 21: 310 pp.; vol. 22: 326 pp. outer margin last leaves waterstain and small tear; vol. 23-30: resp. 298 314 294 292 310 280 294 and 312 pp.; vol. 31-36: resp. 330 330 300 388 462 and 348 pp.; vol. 37: Table Alphabétique: viii298ii: blank pp. John Adamson hardcover
