Renouard, Antoine Augustin (editor)

Carmina Ethica

Parisiis apud editorem, typis Petri Didot 1795 Ex Diversis Auctoribus Collegit Ant. Aug. Renouard. First Edition. 18mo [?]. [150 x 94 x 17 mm]. [2]ff, 163pp. Bound in contemporary straight-grained green goatskin, the covers with a gilt border composed of a chain roll and a wave and flower roll. The spine divided into six panels, the title lettered in the second panel on a red goatskin label, and the printer and date in the fifth, the others gilt tooled with interlocking pallets, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt fillet and the turn-ins with a gilt roll, yellow endleaves, gilt edges. (Head and foot of the joints and tips of the corners slightly rubbed). Occasional light foxing, and a small strip has been cut from the head of the front fly-leaf. A good copy in an attractive French binding of the period. Bookplate of John Trotter Brockett. Early pencil note "Fine & Large Paper" and ink initials "P.B."

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