Hardbound 8vo in a contemporary blue half morocco binding. Spine with five raised bands with gilt lettered title. Marble boards. Top edge gilt, else uncut. Marbled endpapers. Original wrappers bound in. Slightly rubbed spine and minimal signs of use. A very good copy. As frontespiece an engraved portrait of Crebillon Fils by Lalauze. Also a few engraved vignettes, cul-de-lamps, first letters and a facsimiled letter. Front. , (IV), LXXXII, 283 p. , (V). Printed in a small edition.