BRANTOME, Pierre de Bourdeille. Les sept discours... Lot 16

BRANTOME, Pierre de Bourdeille. Les sept discours touchant les Dames Galantes. Published on the manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale by Henri Bouchot. Drawings by Edouard de Beaumont, engraved by E. Boilvin. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1882. 3 volumes in-8. Bound in half midnight-blue morocco with corners, spine ribbed and richly decorated with mosaic fleurons in the center of the caissons, lace and fillets, gilt fillets on the boards, gilt head, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding signed Champs). Fine edition with 10 hors-texte etchings, including a portrait. Limited edition of 220 numbered copies, 1 of 170 on Hollande laid paper. Beautifully bound copy.