LOUVET DE COUVRAY Jean-Baptiste: - Lot 142

LOUVET DE COUVRAY Jean-Baptiste: Les amours de chevalier de Faublas. From Ambroise Tardieu, bookseller, 1821. New edition, decorated with 8 engravings drawn by Collin and engraved by the leading artists of Paris, and preceded by a notice on Louvet by M*. [XLIV-319, 360, 403, 429 pages] Printed by Firmin Didot. 2 engravings per volume, including the frontispiece. The second of volume 2, engraved in reverse, the name of the designer and engraver to be read in mirror image. A different engraver for each engraving. 4 volumes in-8, blond half-basane with corners, 5-rib spine decorated with gilding, gold lettering, three speckled edges, some rubbing to binding, rare interior foxing, fresh overall.