ROUBAUD, Pierre Joseph André. — Nouveaux synonymes françois.

Paris: chez Moutard, 1785-6. 8vo. 4 vols. Vol. 1: xl, 432, [1]p. Vol. 2: [4], 465, [2]p. Vol. 3: [4], 585, [2]p. Vol. 4: [4], 587, [5]p. Contemporary mottled calf; gold-tooled spines; marbled endpapers; red-edged leaves. Wear at head of spine and at corners of all volumes; title label missing in volume 2, and with indentation in leather. Unidentified French coat of arms at foot of spines. ***** The author was one of the chief editors of the Journal du commerce and the Journal d'agriculture. Awarded a pension of 3,000 livres by Necker in 1776, he then devoted himself to this work on synonyms, which, with the blessing of the Académie française, became a classic reference work. Roubaud is also known for his Politique indien (1768) and his Histoire générale de l'Asie, de l'Afrique et de l'Amérique (1770-75).