PELLISSON, Paul & OLIVET, abbé Joseph Thoulier d.

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PELLISSON, Paul & OLIVET, abbé Joseph Thoulier d.
History of the French Academy. Third edition, revised, & increased. Paris, J.B. Coignard, 1743. 2 volumes in-12 (164 x 96 mm) of 419 pp. for volume I ; 413 pp., 17 ff.n.ch. for volume II. Blond calf, spine with ornamented nerves, red edges (period binding). Brunet, IV, 475. The best 18th century edition of this excellent piece of literary history (Brunet). Paul Pellisson (1624-1693), friend of Mademoiselle Scudéry and confidant of Nicolas Fouquet, was elected to the Académie Française in 1653 where he occupied chair 34. Nice copy.
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