[CAYLUS, Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de]

The Coats. Collection The Hague, 1746 A VERY FINE COPY, WITH LARGE MARGINS, OF THIS COLLECTION OF FACETIOUS ANECDOTES. BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO. UNIFORM BINDINGS WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO LOTS. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF JOHN WODEHOUSE AND CHARLES VAN DER ELST ORIGINAL EDITION 2 volumes bound in 1 volume in-8 (168 x 103 mm). Woodcut fleurons on the title page, woodcut headpieces and footnotes. COLLATION : (t. I) : a8 b4 A-L8 M4 (M4 blank) : xxiv-182 pp., (1) f. ; (t. II) : π2 A-H8 : (2) ff., 128 pp. CONTENTS: (t. I): a1v: frontispiece, a2r: title, a3r: epistle, a5r: table of contents in the form of a preface, A1r: text, M3v: table; (t. II): π1r: title, π2r: table, A1r: notice, from the printer, A1v: letter, A4r: text ILLUSTRATION : 1 frontispiece after Charles-Nicolas Cochin fils engraved by Étienne Fessard in t. I. EARLY BINDING. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated, gilt edges PROVENANCE: Guillaume-Luc Bailly (1743-1809; characteristic annotation at the bottom of the last endpaper) -- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902; bookplate with the motto "Frapes fort") -- L. S. Forrer (numismatic bookseller in London; bookstore label on the second flyleaf) -- Charles Van der Elst (1904-1982; ex-libris) RARE: mostly very modestly bound small angular lack in a2, small stains on some leaves BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cohen-de Ricci, col. 210 -- Gay, III, col. 23 -- Colas, I, 33 -- M. Fumaroli, Le comte de Caylus et Edme Bouchardon. Two reformers of taste under Louis XV, Paris, 2016