La Bruyére — Les Caracteres

ou Les Moeurs De Ce Siecle suivis du Discours a L'Académie. Et de La Traduction de Theophraste Precedes d'une introduction par M.Sainte-Beuve. Nouvelle Edition. Paris Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, editeurs.Hardcover Preceded by an introduction by M. Sainte-Beuve, New edition contains numerous drawings in the text by Pinguilly, Granville, J. David, etc., 1 vol. in-12 period binding, half-chagrin leathered with red munten, spine with 5 gilded ribs decorated (irons of antiek theater masks), gilded head, double gilded flute in jaw and munten, Laplace, Sanchez et Cie, Parijs, nd [circa 1880], XXV-528 pp. with 4 plates out of text in colors under serpentine.