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MARMONTEL, Jean-François- Contes Moraux. Paris: P. A. Le Prieur for Merlin, 1765. 3 volumes, 8° (190 x 116mm). Letterpress half-titles, engraved titles, portrait of Marmontel after Cochin, 23 plates by Baquoy, Legrand and others after H. Gravelot. (Neat repairs to blanks margins of H6 of vol. II, D3 of vol. III and plate 4 of vol. III, not affecting image or text, quire K of vol. III slightly browned, occasional light spotting.) Uniform contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with triple fillet border, spines in six compartments with floral tools, olive morocco lettering-pieces in two, g.e. (two tiny wormholes on joints of vol. I, one on vol. III). FIRST EDITION, first issue with errata on contents pages. Cohen-de Ricci 686-7; Ray French 18-18A. -- MARMONTEL, J.-F. Contes Moraux. Paris: P. A. Le Prieur for J. Merlin, 1765. 3 volumes, 12° (164 x 92mm). Letterpress half-titles, engraved titles, portrait of Marmontel after Cochin, 23 plates by Baquoy, Legrand and others after H. Gravelot. (L4 of vol. I with paperfault tear at inner margin affecting one letter, occasional light spotting or staining.) Uniform contemporary cat's-paw calf, spines gilt in six compartments with one red and one brown morocco lettering-piece (one or two tiny wormholes, front joint of vol. I with short crack). FIRST EDITION, first issue with errata on contents pages. Cohen-de Ricci 686-7; Ray French 18-18A. -- And 4 other works in 10 volumes, mainly illustrated by Gravelot, including three later editions of the Contes Moraux (The Hague:1769, 3 vols., 8°; Liège [but Paris]: 1780, 3 vols., 12°; Londre [but Paris]: 1780, 3 vols., 12°; La Fontaine. Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Londres [but Paris: ca. ?1770], 2vols. in one, 12°). (16)