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Lot n° 88
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[ALLEAUME]. Suite des Caractères de Théophraste, et des Mœur - Lot 88
[ALLEAUME]. Suite des Caractères de Théophraste, et des Mœurs de ce siècle. Paris, Veuve d'Estienne Michallet, 1700.
In-12 of [1] f., 229-[3]-[6] pp. red morocco, finely decorated ribbed spine, gilt title and date, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt edges, int. lace (Hardy).
Very rare first edition. Frontispiece portrait of La Bruyère engraved by Drevet after Saint-Jean (the only authentic portrait of La Bruyère, according to a handwritten note in pencil).
According to Barbier, the author was Alleaume, a lawyer from Rouen. This suite was reprinted in the 11th edition of La Bruyère's Caractères.
A very fine copy in a signed binding. Ex-libris J.M. (Barbier IV, 577; Tchemerzine VI, 327.)
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