"Works Of Bernard Palissy From The King's Library, With Notes By Mm. F. De St Fond & Gobet"
Presented in a beautiful 4vo volume, printed in Paris, at Ruault, Bookseller, rue de la Harpe. 1777. Full glazed porphyry calf, smooth spine, beautiful Directoire binding with fe grid and cuts pattern, red morocco title, purple guards, 19th century Ducaille bookplate, patinated lines. "Works of Bernard Palissy, reviewed on the copies of the King's Library, with notes by MM. Faujas de Saint Fond, and Gobet; very beautiful copy rare in this condition and a fascinating text by the effervescent "Bernard Palissy" a Renaissance genius who left us exceptional earthenware with a technique that earned him so much research and obstinacy. A rare and very beautiful book