![]() Volume 4 : first two free endpapers frayed in upper margin by damp, a small amount of damping to upper margin of title and a few subsequent pages. 106 and three subsequent pages, left-hand margins yellowed. Volume 3 : browning to title and two subsequent pages, but growing fainter p. 240, 241 and 242, faint dampstain to lower margin, touching text. Volume 2 : very faint dampstain to lower margin of title and through to leaf 35, gradually fading pages 8 and 9, old brown traces of dampstains to middle of margins, same on pp. Faint spots to upper margin to some leaves at end of volume. On leaf 85, hole to the note at the bottom of the page with the loss of several letters, and the same to verso. ![]() ![]() 48, letter erased a few more letters erased on p.49 idem p. Volume 1 : narrow tear to title in the area of the date p. ![]() The various volumes have various flaws, we have listed them here carefully: A little rubbing, especially to covers (with some paper lacks). ![]() The A, B and C printings were done consecutively and it was only from printing D onwards that notable differences appeared.Ĭontemporary half black polished calf, vellum corners, spine with fillets, title and volume numbers gilt. Chez Durand neveu, A Paris 1782, in-12 (10x17 cm), 248pp 242ppet 231pp 257pp., 4 volumesįirst edition, rare, a C printing copy, known as “à la roue dentée”, with all the characteristics called for by Max Brun. ![]()
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