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Edition Nouvelle édition. Description 11 v. : ill. ; 17 cm. (12⁰) Note Half-titles. Woodcut vignettes on t.p.; engraving in v. 1 signed: B. Pilart, inv.; C. Dustos sculp., binder's instruction on upper right of the leaf. Head- and tail-pieces; type ornaments. Imprint varies: v. 7-8: Chez Saillant, Desaint, Regnard, Des Ventes de la Doué, 1767; v. 9: Chez la V. Brunet, 1761; v. 11: Chez Regnard, 1766. Summary Vol. 9 includes tributes to M. de Fontenelle (p. i-xxxvi); v. 11 includes Pièces relatives à Monsieur de Fontenelle (p. i-lxxii). Note Red and black t.p. in v. 9-11. ZNS Imprint varies: v. 9-10: Chez Desaint & Saillant; v. 11: Chez Saillant, Desaint. ZNS Indexed In: BN 32116340 Note Library set is listed in 1792 catalogue, p. 116, 12⁰; in 1793 catalogue, p. 65, No. 4053 as 10 vols. (error); in the First ledger as Oeuvres de Fontenelle. Library's 1789 bookplate in all volumes, with MS numerals 4053-4063, respectively. The Notice by Trustees on back paste-downs, excluding v. 3 and 5. Autograph in black ink at head of title, v. 1, 3-11, on half-title, v. 2: Mary Walton. Another signature on front binder's blank recto in most volumes is deliberately crossed out. In v. 1 penciled on front binder's blank recto: 1807 / March 16, 1822. ZNS Binding: contemporary calf; raised bands; gold-tooled single flower on spine panels; gold-tooled spine; fillets on edges; double lettering-piece (red and black); all edges stained red; trimmed to 16 cm.; v. 3 and 5 lacking back boards; v. 1-2 rebacked with tape. ZNS Subject Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757. Genre or Form Binders' instructions (Binding) -- France -- 18th century. Lettering-pieces (Binding) -- France -- 18th century. ZNS Type ornaments (Printing) -- France -- 18th century. Tail-pieces (Printing) -- France -- 18th century. Woodcuts -- France -- 18th century. Engravings -- France -- 18th century. Contemporary bindings (Binding) -- France -- 18th century. ZNS Plays -- France -- Paris -- 1761-1767. Poems -- France -- Paris -- 1761-1767. Essays -- France -- Paris -- 1761-1767. Bookplates (Provenance) -- United States -- 18th century. Subject New York Society Library -- Bookplates 1789. No. 2. Added Author Pilart, B., illustrator. Dustos, C., engraver. Saillant, Charles, 1716-1786, bookseller. Desaint, Jean, d. 1776, bookseller. Regnard, bookseller. Ventes de la Doué, bookseller. Walton, Mary, signer. ZNS New York Society Library. Catalog. 1792. ZNS New York Society Library. Catalog. 1793. ZNS Maverick, P. R. (Peter Rushton), 1755-1811, engraver. ZNS New York Society Library. Bookplates. 1789. No. 2. ZNS New York Society Library. Trustees. Notice. ZNS New York Society Library. Charging ledger. 1789-1792. ZNS City Readers: Digital Historic Collections (New York Society Library) Added Title Works. 1761 Oeuvres de Monsieur de Fontenelle Pièces relatives à Monsieur de Fontenelle.