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Instructions d’un Pere a ses Enfans, sur le Principe
de la Vertu et du Bonheur. Geneva. 1783. 1st ed.
8vo. 1 vol. Cont cf, spine gilt with red mor h.t. Nice
full page engd portrait frontis of Trembley, by
Clemens. Lord Sheffield amorial bookplate. Copac
locates only 2 copies. Rare. [1].
€ 80 - 120
(1697-1763).
Lettres de Mentor, a un Jeune Seigneur, traduites de
l’Anglois. London [actually Paris]. 1764. 8vo. 1st ed.
Cont mottled cf, spine gilt with red mor h.t. Woodcut
on t.p. Marb., eps., & a.e.m. Despite describing itself as
a trans., on the t.p., it is in fact an original work posing
as one. ESTC notes only 7 copies worldwide. Rare. [1].
€ 100 - 140