[French literature] (1) Les entretiens de feu monsieur de Balzac

Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1660. (94), 387, (1 blank), (20) pp. With engraved frontispiece, engr. title vignette, woodcut headpieces and initials. Full calf, richly gilt raised spine, gilt outer dentelles and red spr. edges, 12mo. First few pp. with wormhole in inner margin. (2) Le prince de Balzac. Rouen, for sale in Paris with Augustin Courbé, 1661. Enl. and corr. ed. (16), 463 pp. Full calf, uniformly bound with aforementioned work, 12mo. (3) La manière de bien penser dan les ouvrages d'esprit. (P. D. Bouhours). Paris, Sebastien Marbre-Cramoisy, 1688. (10), 545, (1 blank), (34) pp. with fine woodcut printer's device on title. Some early ms. ann. on title.

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