[DICTIONNAIRE (L'Apotheose du)]. L'Apotheose du dictionnaire - Lot 77

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[DICTIONNAIRE (L'Apotheose du)]. L'Apotheose du dictionnaire - Lot 77
[DICTIONNAIRE (L'Apotheose du)]. L'Apotheose du dictionnaire de l'Academie, et son expulsion de la region celeste [...]. A La Haye, Chez Arnout Leers, Imprimeur & Marchand Libraire, 1696. Small in-12, red morocco, double gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (E. Thomas). [A8 (A1 blank)], B4, C8, D4, E8, F4, G8, H4, I8, K4, L8, M4, N8, O4, P8, Q4 (last blank). ORIGINAL EDITION of this satire of the Académie dictionary published in 1694, by "an unknown author whose name must remain silent". One engraved frontispiece; two allegorical engravings in the text. From the library of Henri Lavedan (1859-1940) of the Académie française, with bookplate. Several bibliophilic annotations on verso of first blank leaf, including this one: "(Nodier est ignare)". Notebooks E to M reddish. "Uncommon volume" (Brunet, I, 355); Barbier, I, 256. A GOOD COPY IN RED MOROCCO.
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