Two works in French: (1) De l'art de parler.

[By Bernard Lamy]. Suivant la copie imprimé a Paris, Chez André Pralard, 1676 [= Amsterdam, D. Elzevier], (12),336,(10) p., contemporary vellum, 12mo (partly vaguely waterstained, binding with small stains).

With heraldic ex libris of Caietano Quercus on inside front board and with stamp on the title. Second edition of a classic on the art of speaking. See extensively on Bernard Lamy (1640-1715): https://tinyurl.com/nyxke2j. (2) La suite de la physique ou science naturelle contenant la cognoissance de l'Ame. Par M. Scipion du Pleix (...). Paris, "Chez la vesue Dominique Salis", 1607, (20),144 leaves, contemporary vellum, 12mo (title page and spine damaged, lacks ties). With heraldic ex libris of C.W.G.V.N. (i.e. Christoph Wenzel Graf von Nostitz (1648-1712)) on inside front board. The second edition, the work first appeared in Paris, 1604. Rare. See on the author Scipion Duleix (1569-1661): https://tinyurl.com/m7udt82.