Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Collection des auteurs classiques François et Latins. Imprimé par ordre du Roi pour l’éducation de Monsigneur le Dauphin. 18 vols.

With engr. portraits as frontispieces. 16mo. Orange morocco over five raised bands with gilt lettered blue spine label, spine gilt. Front and back boards as well as turn-ins with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. – Paris, Didot L’Aîne, 1783–1788.

One of 450 copies on vélin. Containing: Fénélon. Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d’Ulysse (1783, 4 vols.). – Bossuet. Discours sur l’histoire universelle (1784, 4 vols.). – Œuvres de Racine (1784, 5 vols.). – Fables de la Fontaine (1787, 2 vols.). – Œuvres de Boileau Despréaux (1788, 3 vols. in 500 copies). – Spines slightly faded. Hist. ownership entry on all 4 title pages of Bossuet (“Mde. Fauquez“). Half title of vol. I la Fontaine stained, half title of Boileau vol. III narrowly cut with small text loss. Else a clean and beautiful set in very attractive bindings. – Best.-Nr. 27434