TACITE - AMELOT de la HOUSSAYE (Nicolas)... - Lot 174 - Richard Maison de ventes

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TACITE - AMELOT de la HOUSSAYE (Nicolas)... - Lot 174 - Richard Maison de ventes
TACITE - AMELOT de la HOUSSAYE (Nicolas) : The Moral of Tacite. Flattery. Paris, Edme Martin & Jean Boudot, 1686. One volume. 9 by 16.5 cm. (50)-250-(8) pages. Full period red morocco, triple gilt fillets framing the plates, spine with 5 ribs, ornate boxes, roulette on cup, inside lace, all gilt slices. Small rubbing on the plates. Interior in good condition, except for a light wetness on the very last leaves. Original edition of the translation of Amelot de La Houssaye, dedicated to Chancellor Boucherat whose arms are reproduced in a band engraved at the beginning of the epistle. An engraved band. Copy bearing the ex-libris of the abbot of VERTOT, a handwritten affiliation on the back of the false title page of Pilot, Count of Colligny, and an engraved ex-libris by M. Pasquier de Messange, with his coat of arms.
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