FONTENELLE. VIRGILE. LA FONTAINE. 8 volumes. -... Lot 3

FONTENELLE. VIRGILE. LA FONTAINE. 8 volumes. - FONTENELLE [Bernard le Bouyer] of. Various works. New edition, corrected & increased. Volume one [-fourth]. Amsterdam, at the expense of the Company, 1742. 4 volumes bound in the same way, half calf with small corners, spine with 5 nerves with title and tomaison pieces. Epidermures. Engraved frontispiece in the first three volumes. Ex-libris ms. scratched in t. 3 and 4. Excellent condition inside. - VIRGILE. Les OEuvres. Translated into French, with the Latin beside, & notes. New edition, revised & corrected by M. de B***. Volume I[-II]. Paris, chez J. Barbou, MDCCLXXXVII [1787]. 2 volumes bound in the same way, full marbled basane, 5-ribbed spine with title and giblets. Heavy spotting. Good interior condition despite some occasional stains, small light wetness in the margin of the last ff. of t. 2. - LA FONTAINE Jean de. Contes et nouvelles en vers. Tome premier [-second]. S.l., s.n.e., M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]. 2 volumes bound in the same manner, full marbled calf, gilt roulette framing the boards and counter-boards, smooth spine with fleurons, title and gilt fillet along the edges, all edges gilt. Heavy spotting, upper jaws split for both volumes, spine detached with missing headpieces for the second, first board almost detached. But generally excellent condition inside. Edition illustrated with frontispieces and numerous engraved hors-texte. Set. 8 vols.