Ducatiana ou Remarques de feu M. Le Duchat sur divers sujets d'Histoire et de Litterature
Amsterdam: Pierre Humbery, 1738. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, [24], 217p; Engraved frontispiece, 222-548p, [34]. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spines and red stained fore-edge. Barbier I. col1127. J. Henri-Samuel Formey (1711-1797) was Secretary to the Royal Academy of Berlin. Includes remarks on various literary works and their authors by Jacob Le Duchat (1658-1735) a French protestant scholar and philologist. Also includes as a separate work a complete catalogue of the books published by Pierre Humbery. Some marginal annotations in the text as well as numerous check marks. Wear to the binding and headband cracked on volume 2. Frontispiece a little loose. very Good. Item #7132
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Price: $200.00