Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
FIELDING, HENRY. Histoire de Tom Jones, ou L'Enfant Trouvé. French translation by Pierre Antoine de la Place. Engraved frontispiece and 15 plates by various artists after Gravelot. [4], xi, [1], 336; [4], 344; [4], 282; [4], 341 pages, including half-titles. 4 volumes. 12mo, 160x92 mm, contemporary mottled calf with gilt arms of Anne-Léon II de Montmorency, Duc de Montmorency (1731-99, Olivier 810/2) on covers, top of first 2 spines chipped; scattered foxing and minor stains not affecting plates, conspicuous stain on C7-8 in Volume 2. Bookplates of Sosthènes II de La Rochefoucauld, Duc de Bisaccia (1825–1908). "Londre" [i. e., Paris?]: Jean Nourse, 1750

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first edition in french. Cross III, 317 note.