1785 French Poetry Collection – Three 18th-Century Volumes Bound as One, Full Calf Leather

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An authentic 18th-century French poetic anthology, comprising three separate literary works bound together in one substantial volume, all preserved in … Read more An authentic 18th-century French poetic anthology, comprising three separate literary works bound together in one substantial volume, all preserved in a contemporary full marbled calf leather binding.
Printed in Paris during the final decades of the Ancien Régime, this volume reflects the refined literary culture of pre-Revolutionary France and makes a striking decorative and scholarly object.
Contents:
• Volume I: Poésies diverses de M. Hoffmann
Paris, Chez L.F. Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, 1785
164 pages, with table of contents
• Volume II: Étrennes du Parnasse – Choix de poésies
Paris, Chez Fetil, Libraire, 1774
192 pages, with table, royal approval and privilege
• Volume III: Almanach des Muses ou Choix de poésies fugitives de 1777
284 pages, with table and 4 engraved musical plates
All three works are complete and uniformly bound.
Binding:
• Original 18th-century full calf leather (plein veau marbré)
• Gilt-tooled spine with salmon morocco title label
• Strong, intact binding with expected age-appropriate patina See less