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12mo (153 x 98 mm) with 214 pp, 1 nn.l (table) and 1 torn fold-out sheet of music. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet and central coat of arms of Marie Leszczynska on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, inner gilt roll, gilt edges, cream endpapers with semis of stars and gilt dots signed Joseph Friedrich Leopold in Augsburg (contemporary binding).
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Heir to the Mercure galant, the Mercure de France dedicated to the king took over from it in 1724 and set out to publish the finest pieces of literature of the time.
This June 1747 edition contains in particular a Dissertation sur l'électricité, a Lettre à une jeune homme qui entre dans le monde by M.E.D.L.C. conseiller au parlement, verses Sur le bonheur by the abbot Porquet and an Eglogue by François Boyer (1677-1755).
A COPY BEARING THE ARMS OF THE QUEEN OF FRANCE MARIE LESZCZYNSKA (1703-1768)
The queen seems to have had a particular affection for the Mercure de France, and many copies, whose binding is similar to ours, can be found.
A good copy, binding somewhat rubbed, the music plate torn.
Other provenance:
Small "Battle abbey" library label on upper back cover.
Jacques Millot (1897-1980), bookplate, biologist, ethnologist, bibliophile. President of the Société Racinienne and the Société de la reliure originale.
André Chrétien, bookplate.
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