COLARDEAU (Charles-Pierre). Works. Paris, Ballard and Le Jay - Lot 51

COLARDEAU (Charles-Pierre). Works. Paris, Ballard and Le Jay, 1779. 2 volumes, in-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, floral finials at the corners, the initials “PS” in a medallion at the center of the covers, spine decorated with grotesque motifs, green title and volume number labels, interior roulette, lining and endpapers of gilded marbled paper, gilded edges (Contemporary binding). Portrait of the author engraved after Voiriot and 11 lovely illustrations engraved after Charles Monnet. Charming binding with an unidentified monogram. A title page drawn in pen at the time has been added to Volume I, adorned with the same cipher as that stamped on the covers. Ex-libris of Amédée Burat. A few foxing spots. Stains on the first two leaves of the comedy *Les Perfides à la mode* and on the corresponding illustration.

Estimate:£428.69

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