"2 Strong Vol. In 8, In Paris "works Of Colardeau". From The French Academy, Illustrated From 1779"
Beautiful Illustrated Works of Colardeau in two large volumes in 8, blond glazed calf, spine with ribs decorated with beautiful gilded irons in the compartments, titles and volume numbers in green morocco, covers framed with triple gilded fillets, blue moiré endpapers, marbled edges. Magnificent copy very fresh in new condition and with remarkable figures outside the text / Bookplate with Arms: Ex Musaeo AJ Porchon de Bouval in Cannellecourt, printed on large paper with wide margins, two-tone titles: "Works of Colardeau", from the French Academy, In Paris at: Ballard, Printer-Bookseller to the King, rue des Mathurins & Le Jay, Bookseller rue Saint-Jacques. M. DCC. LXXIX. (1779). Work containing a beautiful portrait of Charles Pierre Colardeau, by Voiriot, engraved by CVD And beautiful figures by Ch. Monnet, engraved by Louis Le Grand, Mathieu, D. Née, N. De Launay (1778), L. Masquelier; very complete copy, very beautiful with very white paper and a remarkably preserved binding. Part of the prized Illustrated books of the 18th century, carefully printed