Lot of 3 books of the eighteenth century in a single volume
Marquis d'Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer - Lettres chinoises ou correspondance philosophique, historique et critique, entre un chinois voyageur à Paris et ses correspondans à la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon (volume 5 complete) -The Hague, Pierre Paupie, pages -- Le fourbe puni ou le duel des rivales -La Haye, Chez Pierre Paupie, no name, pages - - Supplément au catalogue des livres nouveaux François & Latins (in 4 parts)- Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, pages, 16 pages, 16 pages, 22 pages Full calf binding, back damaged, flaws to the middle of the back and the top and bottom crown, good condition of the covers, dented corners - cm. Good condition inside except the front cover which tends to come loose, a few rare stains: "Lettres chinoises ou correspondance philosophique"; with many ornamental initials in the novel; "Le fourbe puni ou le duel des rivales"; excellent little anonymous novel, typical in its construction and writing of the first half of the 18th, who tells the meeting of a gentleman and a duellist, the greatest woman he had ever seen; she will eventually tell her love story and give an explanation to this curious duel..!"Supplément au catalogue des livres nouveaux François & Latins"; on the recent books and their characteristics..! Read More