Works Of Monsieur De Fontenelle In 11 Volumes, Duodecimo. New Edition, Paris, 1767; Illustrations

A beautiful set in mottled calfskin, spines with raised bands decorated with gilt tooling in the compartments, red and black morocco title and volume numbers, marbled endpapers, red edges; "Works of Monsieur de Fontenelle," of the French Academies, the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Letters, the Academy of London, the Academy of Nancy, the Academy of Berlin, and the Academy of Rome. New Edition in 11 Volumes in 12mo; printed in Paris: By: Saillant, rue Saint-Jean de Beauvais; Desaint, rue du Foin Saint-Jacques; Regnard, at the Palais; Des Ventes de la Doué, rue Saint-Jacques, opposite the Collège Louis-le-Grand. The finest collected edition of this great philosopher, illustrated in a beautiful binding from the reign of Louis XV. A handsome portrait in the frontispiece by H. Rigaud, engraved by M. Dessier