MEUSNIER DE QUERLON, (Published by)] - Les Grâces. Paris, La - Lot 346

MEUSNIER DE QUERLON, (Published by)] - Les Grâces. Paris, Laurent Prault et Bailly, 1769. In-8, engraved title, VIII, 327 pp, (4) f., 2 h. t. figs, 4 figs missing, provenance crossed out on title, contemporary fawn calf, triple gilt thread on boards, coat of arms in center of first board and BC figure on second, smooth ornate spine, gilt tr. COHEN 834. Large Hollande paper. First edition. Contains an engraved title by Moreau and two of six figures. Preceded by a dissertation by Abbé Massieu, followed by a speech by P. André. Works by Houdart de la Motte, Metastase, Sainte-Foix, Chevalier de Méré, Watelet, Wiinckelmann, etc. (Attached in the same condition:) IMBERT, Barthélemy - Fables nouvelles, dédiées à Madame la Dauphine. Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris chez Delalain, 1773. One h. t. fig., qqs. leaves browned, provenance crossed out on title. Both books bear unidentified arms.