Grimarest, Monsieur De [ Le Gallois de Grimarest, Charles Honoré ] — Recueil De Lettres Sur Divers Sujets

Jean Luc Nyon, au Pavillion des Quatre Nations, Gabriel Janot, rue Saint Jacques a Saint Jerome, Noel Pissot, sur les Quai des Augustines a la Crox d'Or, descente du Pont Neuf, Paris 1725 1st edition. Full calf, VG+. vi+402pp, marbled endpapers, decorated spine in gilt with raised bands & six compartments, leather a little rubbed with the headband worn, slight trace of an old paper lable to the top spine compartment,, paper a little yellowed more browned in places, but an attractive volume all the same. Old ownership signature of Augustus Comes on the first blank. A collection of letters by Charles Honoré Le Gallois de Grimarest who was the son of Moliere's first biographer - Jean-Léonor Le Gallois de Grimarest. Charles wrote these letters so as to not have to publish his father's papers despite demand from his peers to do so. see Michaud, Biographie Universelle 17 pp501. The letters cover a wide range of subjects and styles.