[TORCHE, abbé]

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[TORCHE, abbé]
La Toilette galante de l'amour Paris, Étienne Loyson, 1670 Beau frontispice galant [With:] La Cassette des bijoux. Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1668 Original editions for Abbé Torche In-12 (145 x 85mm). Vignette engraved on the title page. Letters and headbands. Snack: (3 f.) 1-246pp. (1 f.). Illustration: beautiful gallant frontispiece depicting a woman at her toilet. Binding signed by Champs. Lemon morocco spine with corners, spine ribbed and gilt, gilt edges. -- [2]: vignette engraved on the title page. Dedication to the Marquise de Montespan. Binding from the 18th century. Red morocco, gilt decoration, gilt border, gilt spine, gilt edges (missing corners on the first two ff.). Reference: De Backer 386 -- THOMAS A KEMPIS. From Imitatione Christi. Paris, Joseph Gérard Barbou, 1758. Beautiful binding with the arms roquelaure on the large text of the devotio moderna printed here by babou. First edition of the text in the version established and translated by Joseph Valart. In-12 (149 x 90mm). Typographic mark on the title page representing a printing workshop and engraved by Jean-Michel Papillon. Illustration: frontispiece engraved by P. Page. Binding of the period. Blue morocco, large gilt decoration with small irons of flowers and fruits, arms in the center of the covers, long spine decorated and gilt with the Roquelaure arms, guards and lining of pink silk, gilt edges. Provenance: Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls de Roquelaure (arms; 1721-1818), Bishop of Senlis, Commander of the Holy Spirit.
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