Author: Belloy, M. de (Pierre-Laurent Buirette, dit de)
Title: Oeuvres complettes (compltes) de M. de Belloy, de l'Acadmie franoise, citoyen de Calais. Edition avec figures. Tome Premier- Tome Premier - Tome Sixime (complete).
Description: Paris, Chez Cussac, Libraire, 1787 6 vols. 8vo (20,5x13,5 cm). Contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt with ornaments, with ribbons, gilt borders; with red and green morocco title-labels; marbled endpapers; marbled edges. With engraved frontispiece-portrait and 6 other engraved plates by Giraud le Jeune, L. Petit, Patas, Maillet, Viguet and J. de Longueil after A. Borel. Collation: 445,(i:blank);(iv),387, (i:blank); (iv),427,(i:blank); 381,(iii:blank); (iv),469,(iii: blank) pp. The engravings are made for the historical tragedies Titus, Zelmire, Le Sige de Calais, Gaston et Bayard, Gabrielle de Vergy and Pierre le Cruel. The plays are accompanied with 'Recherches historiques', 'Observations', 'Note's -' and 'Letttres historiques', and 'Mmoires historiques'. Includes also 'Pices fugitives', 'Posies diverses' and 'La vie de l'auteur'. - A few leaves browned due to the quality of the paper, but over all splendid interior condition and marvelous bindings. Gewicht/Weight: 2900 grs.

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