FALBAIRE de QUINGEY (Charles Georges Fenouillot de). L'Honnê - Lot 116

FALBAIRE de QUINGEY (Charles Georges Fenouillot de). L'Honnête criminel, ou L'Amour filial, drama in five Acts & in verse. A Amsterdam & A Paris, Chez Merlin, 1768. In-8° (126 x 198 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, fleuron at the corners, coat of arms in the center, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). "Second edition, revised, corrected & augmented with the History of the hero of the play" of this play published in 1767. Five engraved plates by GRAVELOT. Some foxing, but a fine copy of a dedication in red morocco with the arms of Denis Charles Trudaine de Montigny, Conseiller d'État, Intendant des Finances and member of the Académie des Sciences (1703-1769) [O. H. R., 1194/6, which cites this copy]. Cohen, 390-391. See reproduction