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FONTENELLE (Bernard Le Bovier de). Various works....

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FONTENELLE (Bernard Le Bovier de). Various works. Amsterdam, Changuion, 1743. 3 volumes in-folio, marbled basane, spines with decorated nerves (period binding). Spines and corners worn, some rubbing and spotting. Damage to upper margin of several pages of volume II. The engraved illustration by Bernard Picart consists of an allegorical portrait in the frontispiece, a title vignette repeated in each volume, a portrait of the baron d'Imhoff, an armorial vignette at the dedication, 5 beautiful plates out of text and numerous headbands and endpapers.