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1708302108Amsterdam 1708. Second edition. xiv 478 ads pp. 12mo. Contemporary red french morocco spine gilt a.e.g. Fine. Second edition. xiv 478 ads pp. 12mo. A charming copy of Chapelle's best known work. He recounts a voyage through Provence and Languedoc in both poetry and prose. The work also includes poems by the Kight of Cailly and accounts of campaigns against the Spanist at Rocroi. unknown books
5520Engraved allegorical frontis. 1 p.l. vi 93 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. N.p.: 1751. First edition. Bachaumont 1690-1771 was an influential noble who grew up at the court of Versailles during the height of its significance as the political and cultural nucleus of France. He frequented the salons of Paris and was entangled in several controversies one in particular regarding a journal filled with gossip ascertained at the salon of Madame Doublet de Persan for which he may have been partially responsible. By the end of his life he was known as a cultural authority whose opinion was sought after by artists and collectors alike. In the present work his most important Bachaumont espouses his beliefs on the aesthetics of art. Its publication was met with an enthusiastic reception. Fine copy. Name of author inscribed on title in a contemporary hand. ❧ Dictionnaire des Journalistes 1600-1789 "Louis Petit de Bachaumont" online resource. N.B.G. Vol. IV cols. 55-56. hardcover books
1784262347London: John Adamson 1784. hardcover. very good. 36 volumes. 12mo attractively bound in 3/4 tan calf with green and tan leather spine labels speckled boards. London: John Adamson 1784. A lovely set in very good condition.<br/><br/> Anonymous. By Louis Petit de Bachaumont; continued by M.F. Pidansat de Mairobert and others. -- Barbier 3-253; Cioranescu XVIII 8979.<br/><br/> John Adamson unknown books
