GÉRARD (Abbé Ph. L.). LE COMTE DE VALMONT, ou... Lot 107

[GÉRARD (Abbé Ph. L.)]. LE COMTE DE VALMONT, ou Les Égaremens de la raison. Lettres recueillies et publiées par M... Paris, Moutard, 1774. Three volumes in-12 marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, title-pieces, red edges (period binding). Beginning of a split at the spine, missing at the head. ORIGINAL EDITION of this prototype of the apologetic novel of the Age of Enlightenment, which recounts the misadventures to which the young Count de Valmont gives in, before his return to virtue and religion. It is illustrated with 10 h.-t. FIGURES by LIOT engraved by Le Villain (including the frontispieces) and the arms of Marie-Antoinette engraved at the head of the dedication. ¶ Cohen, 428.