MONCRIF (François-Augustin de Paradis de)]. LES CHATS. - Lot 156

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MONCRIF (François-Augustin de Paradis de)]. LES CHATS. - Lot 156
MONCRIF (François-Augustin de Paradis de)]. LES CHATS. Paris, G.-F. Quillau, 1727. In-8 of [2]-204-[16] pages, marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). First edition of an amusing treatise which proposes to go through the history of cats since the Egyptian Antiquity; it is illustrated with 8 engraved plates (out of 9), 1 of which is folding, a folding genealogical table and an engraving in the text after Coypel. Spine cracked, headpieces missing, marginal stains on last few leaves. (Cohen, 400) (Barbier I, 576). FROM THE LIBRARIES OF EDOUARD PELAY DE ROUEN, bibliophile and collector (1842-1921) and GEORGES LAINE, grandson of the previous owner. (Ex-libris).
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