Antoine François Prévost ,[complet en 3/3 & format...

Collection of rare 18th-century items ornate with 6 full-page engravings (see attached photos). Complete in 3/3 volumes. Memoirs to Serve the History of Virtue, Excerpts from the Journal of a Young Lady by the Abbe Prevost. With Illustrations Amsterdam, located in Paris, Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1784 (M.DCC.LXXXIV). Complete set of 3 volumes in-quarto (21 × 13 cm). Bindings in full period leather, in-quarto format “21 x 13 cm,” smooth decorated spines; title piece on green morocco, raised morocco bands, headbands, red edges, light leaves, dampstaining, engraved vignettes on the title pages, a rare 18th-century item complete in 3 volumes with full-page engravings (see attached photos). Illustrated edition with 6 hors-texte full-page engravings, two engravings per each of the four volumes. Pagination: Vol 1: xvj + 419 pages. Vol 2: 441 pages. Vol 3: 539 pages. The photos complete the description. Very fine, rare 18th-century work, complete. Shipping with a tracked international shipment number.

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