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Mes Passe-Temps : Chansons suivies de l'Art de la Danse, Poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux. Orné de gravures d'après les Dessins de Moreau le jeune, avec les airs notés.

Mes Passe-Temps : Chansons suivies de l'Art de la Danse, Poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux. Orné de gravures d'après les Dessins de Moreau le jeune, avec les airs notés.

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Mes Passe-Temps : Chansons suivies de l'Art de la Danse, Poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux. Orné de gravures d'après les Dessins de Moreau le jeune, avec les airs notés.: With a handwritten and signed dedication by the author, illustrated with two plates engraved by J.B. Simonet and P.H. Friere

by Jean-Etienne Despreaux

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Mes Passe-Temps : Chansons suivies de l'Art de la Danse, Poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux. Orné de gravures d'après les Dessins de Moreau le jeune, avec les airs notés. Despreaux, Jean-Etienne. 1806 Signed by Despreaux, Published: Paris : L'auteur 1806 Physical Description: v1 - xiv, [251], 47p -- v2 - viii, [306], 1p; frontis, [2] leaves of plates. Signed by Despreaux. Engraved by J.B. Simonet and P H FriereThe books measure 20.5 cm x 13 cm. The books weigh just under 1 kg . Both volumes contain a half title page and a title page with publisher's vignette, Volume 1 with an illustrated frontispiece. Both volumes contain 1 leaf of plate each with protective guard sheet, both free of any rips or tears. The pages are Very good at least. Volume 2 contains two illustrated headpieces, Volume 1 contains 1 illustrated headpiece. Notes: Music (unaccompanied melodies): 47 p. at end of v. 1. The music pages start with 2 blank pages and the first page is numbered 2.
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Title
Mes Passe-Temps : Chansons suivies de l'Art de la Danse, Poëme en quatre chants, calqué sur l'Art poétique de Boileau Despréaux. Orné de gravures d'après les Dessins de Moreau le jeune, avec les airs notés.
Author
Jean-Etienne Despreaux
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Both volumes were probably originally half leather bound with marble boards however both volumes are now lacking the leather or
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Used - Very Good
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1st
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Hardcover
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Paris : L'auteur
Place of Publication
France
Date Published
1806
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0.00 lbs
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History famous rare collectible french classic
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Rare Book Selection; Literature; 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE; FRENCH LANGUAGE;
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20.5 cm x 13 cm

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