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Full title: Mercure Galant 

Size: approx. 15 × 9 cm, various sizes. Approx. 200/250 pp. per book.

Contains the following issues:
1680 janvier, septembre 
1681 mars, may, julliet, aoust
1682 janvier (2× including 1× insect-eaten), avril, may, juillet, decembre
1683 julliet, octobre, novembre
1684 janvier, fevrier, juillet, septembre (in 2 volumes), decembre
1685 mars, may
1686 janvier, auost, septembre (vol. 1), novembre
1687 mars (in 2 volumes), avril, juillet, aoust, decembre
1688 mars, avril, may (vol. 1), juillet, septembre, octobre (vol. 1)
1689 avril, may, juillet, octobre, novembre
1690 fevrier
1691 fevrier, octobre
1692 janvier, may
1695 juin
1700 aoust, septembre
1701 avril (vol. 2), juillet, aoust, septembre, decembre
1702 janvier, fevrier, may, julliet, octobre, decembre
1703 may, octobre/novembre, decembre
1704 mars, aoust, novembre
1705 mars, julliet, novembre
1706 janvier, octobre
1707 avril, octobre
1708 fevrier, avril, decembre
1709 julliet, decembre
1710 may
1711 fevrier, mars
1712 fevrier, may

A total of 86 bindings.

Condition: Various sizes and binding in decorated and gilt-stamped full leather. Everything in fair to good condition. Some bindings are damaged and incomplete, engravings are often missing. Includes several engravings with musical notation (not complete). Not collated! Decorative items.
Total weight: 18 kg. Will be sent by DPD or DHL, depending on the destination.

¶ The “Mercure galant” was founded by the writer Jean Donneau de Visé in 1672. The name refers to the god Mercury, the messenger of the gods. The title also echos the “Mercure françoys” which was France’s first literary gazette, founded in 1611 by the Paris bookseller J. Richer. The first edition of the Mercure Galant was in 1672.
The magazine’s goal was to inform elegant society about life in the court and intellectual and artistic debates. The gazette (which appeared irregularly) featured poems, anecdotes, news (marriages, gossip), theatre and art reviews, songs, and fashion reviews, and it became fashionable to be mentioned in its pages.
Source: Wikipedia.

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Mercure Galant - 86 volumes - 1680 / 1712

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Islamic conquest of Persia (633–651)

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