2 Beautiful Vol. In 12: "literary France", On Academies, Authors And Their Works

Beautiful complete set in two volumes In 12, full speckled calf, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt irons with thistles in the boxes, titles and volume numbers in green morocco, marbled endpapers, red edges, beautiful bindings from the time of Louis XV; printed in Paris at the Veuve Duchesne, Bookseller rue Saint-Jacques, below the Fontaine Saint Benoit, at the Temple du Goût. M. DCC. LXIX. (1769) "Literary France", containing: 1. The Academies established in Paris & in the different Cities of the Kingdom. 1. The Living Authors, with the List of their Works. 3. The Dead Authors, since the Year 1751 inclusive, with the List of their Works. 4. The Alphabetical Catalogue of the Works of all the Authors. Very fine copy, well bound and very informative on the literary movement of the 18th century.