1769 · Nancy
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Nancy: J. B. Hiacinthe Leclerc, 1769. 12mo (147 x 90 mm). 212, [3] pp. Woodcut thistle ornament on title, woodcut tailpieces. Half-title tearing slightly along gutter, old paper reinforcements to gutters of A8v and B1r, 2 or 3 short marginal tears, occasional light foxing. Contemporary red morocco, double gilt fillet border to sides, smooth spine gold-tooled, with green morocco gilt lettering-piece, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Stanislas de Guaita (1861-1897), poet and expert on the occult, bookplate; by succession to de Guaita’s brother-in-law, Pierre de Lallemand de Mont, with his bookplate; Philippe Zoumeroff, sale, (truncated)