*LA BRUYÈRE (Jean de). Les Caracteres de... - Lot 5 - Ader

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*LA BRUYÈRE (Jean de). Les Caracteres de... - Lot 5 - Ader
*LA BRUYÈRE (Jean de). Les Caracteres de Théophraste traduits du grec, avec les caracteres ou les mœurs de ce siecle. Ninth edition, revised and corrected. Paris : Estienne Michallet, 1696. - In-12, brown calf, spine ornamented, spotted edges (period binding). Ninth and last original edition, presenting the definitive text of La Bruyère. The edition was not enlarged but revised and corrected, the author having considered his work finished at the 8th edition. It was published only a few days after the author's death. Copy with the boxes on leaves K9, Dd9 and Dd12, and with the date error on the title, marked M. DC. CXVI. A good copy in a skillfully restored contemporary binding. Some spotting in the margins of the last few leaves. Provenance: Augustin Havard, with old signature on the first white endpaper.
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