Small 4to. (242 x 180mm), pp. [viii], 462, [ii]. Engraved device to title-page, decorative head- and tail-pieces. Very lightly toned, a little sporadic foxing. Slightly later blind-tooled vellum, red morocco gilt spine label, edges sprinkled red and blue. A little grubby, upper joint split but cords and endpaper holding firm, top edge dusty.
"Pere Vavasseur was a learned man, one of those critical and severe minds which find something to bite even in good works, and which let nothing pass" (Sainte Beuve, "Port-Royal", III, 528).
- Size: 4to.
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