FLORIAN - Lot 9

FLORIAN [OEuvres] Paris, 1786-1799. - 20 volumes in-18, blue morocco, triple gilded fillet framing the covers, gilded coat of arms in the center of the first cover, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilded border, gilded edges (19th century binding). Beautiful composite set of Florian's works, illustrated with engravings after Queverdo, in a uniform binding with unidentified arms. Includes: - Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome by M. de Florian... Second edition. - Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1786. 2 vols. in-18. I- frontispiece, 240 pp. 6 plates. - II- 269 pp, (3 ff.), 6 plates. Copy including two proofs of the engravings. - Mélanges de poésies et de littérature by M. de Florian. - Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1787. 1 vol. in-18, 224 pp, (2 ff.), 6 plates. Frontispiece missing. - Galatée, pastorale; imitated from Cervantes by M. de Florian. Fifth edition. - Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1788. 1 vol. in-18, 214 pp, (1 f.), 5 plates (including portrait of Cervantes). Cohen 400 announces "10 charming figures by Flouet", but we have found a copy described in Catalog des antiquarischen Bücherlagers von Albert Cohn, vol. 24, which, as here, has 1 portrait and 4 figures. - Théâtre de Florian de l'Académie françoise, de celles de Madrid, Florence etc... Fourth edition. - Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, 1791. 3 volumes in-18, frontispiece, 232 pp. 3 plates; 234 pp. 5 plates; (2 ff.), xj, 234 pp. 3 plates. Copy complete with 1 frontispiece and 11 engravings. - Gonzalve de Cordoue, ou Grenade reconquise... Second edition. - Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1792. 3 vol. in-18, 282 pp, 4 plates; (2 ff.), 254 pp, (1f.), 5 plates; (2 ff.), 252 pp, 5 plates. Copy complete with 14 engravings. - Don Quichotte de la Manche by Florian. - Paris: Didot l'Aîné, 1799. 6 vols. in-18, frontispiece, (1 f.), 230 pp. ; frontispiece, (2 ff.), 232 pp. ; frontispiece, (1 f.), 276 pp. ; frontispiece, 253 pp. ; frontispiece, 248 pp. ; frontispiece, 232 pp. Copy with 6 frontispieces, to which a flying portrait of Cervantes has been added. The false titles of the first and third volumes are missing. Two leaves glued together following poor restoration (146-147) in the last volume. - Fables de Florian. - Paris : Chez Guillaume, an VII [1799]. 1 vol. in-18. portrait-frontispice, (2 ff.), 230 pp. 5 plates. Copy complete with portrait and 5 engravings. - Nouvelles nouvelles de Florian. - Paris: Chez Guillaume, An VII [1799]. 2 volumes in-18, (2 ff.), 260 pp. 6 plates; (2 ff.), 220 pp. 6 plates. - Estelle, pastorale. - Paris : Chez Guillaume, an VII [1799]. In-18, (2 ff.), 218 pp. 6 plates. (Spines of bindings uniformly faded. Scattered brown spots, marked on some engravings).