DIDEROT (Denis). - Lot 89

DIDEROT (Denis). - La Religieuse (2 vols.). -- Jacques le fataliste et son maitre [...] Précédé d'un hommage aux mânes de l'auteur, par M. Meister, de Zurich. (3 vol.). A Paris, Chez Gueffier jeune & Knapen fils, An cinquième (1796) & (1797). Together 5 volumes in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (Allo). Two portraits of the author, one in two states by DEVÉRIA and the other in two copies after Van LOO; and five engraved plates. From the libraries of Cortlandt F. Bishop & Leon Rattier, with bookplates. ATTACHED: a SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BILLET from DIDEROT to Monsieur le directeur de la Gazette de France, apologizing for not being able to accept his invitation. Very slight foxing.