A very fine set of this very curious and facetious work.
A most extraordinary work depicting the free and easy manners and customs of the Eighteenth Century.
135 Facetiae. The Life of Marianne; or, the Adventures of the Countess of * * * By M. de Marivaux. Translated from the Original French. 12mo. New ½ polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled back, with red levant inlays, gilt top, uncut. London, 1736. $20.00
Was this history a mere fiction, very likely the form of it would have been different. Marianne's reflections would be neither so long nor so frequent. It would contain more facts and less morality; in short, the author would have indulged the universal inclination of the present age, which, in books of this kind, does not relish abundance of arguments and reflections.
136 Facetiae. The Secret History of Betty Ireland. Copper-plate frontispiece. 8vo. New ¾ polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled back, linen sides. London, n. d. Very scarce. $12.50
Read Flanders Moll, the German Princess scan,
Then match our Irish Betty, if you can;
In Wit and Vice she did 'em both excel,
And may be justly call'd a Nonpareil.
137 Facetiae. La Fontaine (J. de). Tales and Novels in Verse. Unexpurgated Edition. With quaint illustrations. New ¾ red morocco, gilt tops and backs. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
138 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white paper label. $2.25
139 Facetiae. The Heptameron. By Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Illustrated with full-page etchings. New ¾ red morocco, gilt top and back. Unexpurgated Edition. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
140 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white paper label. $2.25