LENGLET DU FRESNOY (Nicolas) Recueil de dissertations... Lot 23

LENGLET DU FRESNOY (Nicolas) Recueil de dissertations anciennes et nouvelles sur les apparitions, les visions & les songes. Avignon, Paris, Jean-Noël Leloup, 1751. 4 vol. in-12 (16.5 x 9.4 cm), fawn marbled basane, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs (period binding). Published in the year of the original, this is a collection of treatises on the phenomena of apparitions, the earliest of which date back to the late Middle Ages. Bibliography: Caillet, II, 6498. Dorbon, 2630. Bindings faded, lacks and epidermis, some headpieces missing, jaws split, small marginal wetnesses, some freckles and stains.