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Periodical publication composed of 105 annual issues during the period of 1696-1790, containing a selection of texts and some speeches which had competed for the prizes awarded by the French Academy.
Covered in a contemporary full calfskin binding with ribbed spine adorned with flowered boxes and a title label. Red speckled edges.
Fairly well-preserved copy. Solid binding. Faded leather, rubbing from wear, scuff on the foot cap, corners cut or blunted. Interior enough, a marginal hole on pp 1-47.
Handwritten ex-libris in pen (old) "Aimé Tissot".
Collective
"Collection of several pieces of eloquence and poetry for the prizes of the year 1699"
Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1699
191 pages. Complete
in12 (9x17cm)
Subject: Collection of the French Academy 1699 Speeches received by Abbé Genest and de Valincourt & replies by Boileau and de la Chapelle 66934675
