Seigneur de Brantôme - Œuvres du seigneur de Brantôme. Nouvelle édition, considérablement augmentée, revue, accompagnée de - 1779

Works of the Seigneur de Brantôme. New edition, considerably enlarged, revised, accompanied by historical & critical remarks, and arranged in a better order.
In London [actually Maastricht, J.E. Dufour], at the publisher's expense, 1779.

14 volumes out of 15: volumes I and III to XV (volume II missing). 12mo.

Volume I: 294 pages
Volume III: 375 pages
Volume IV: 380 pages
Volume V: 320 pages
Volume VI: 320 pages
Volume VII: 403 pages
Volume VIII: 408 pages
Volume IX: 350 pages
Volume X: 408 pages
Volume XI: 316 pages
Volume XII: 316 pages
Volume XIII: 310 pages
Volume XIV: 240 pages
Volume XV: 293 pages

Edition under a false London address, largely reprinting the Amsterdam edition of 1740, considered with it the most complete of Brantôme's works. Volume I contains the engraved portrait of Brantôme in the frontispiece and a large unfolding genealogical table (volume I, p. 148).

Binding: full calf marbled binding of the period, spine with raised bands ornately decorated with gilded fleurons, title and volume-number pieces, red edges, endpapers marbled paper.

Condition: bindings worn: epidermures, tops and corners worn with small losses, spines rubbed or split on some volumes, corners rubbed. Interior: paper browned with some foxing and clear damp stains, especially on the titles of certain volumes. Ancient signature or initials of an owner on the titles of volumes III and IV. Photographs of each title page attached.