[Paris] : 1745. Cr.8vo, (160x98mm), [-]1, a4, A-L8, M2, Roman type, (text area 95 x 60mm, excluding pagination and running headlines), engr. title dated 1718, letterpress title in red and black with engr. vignette of two doves, 4 engraved headpieces in this order :- 1. head of statue crowned with flowers with infant centaurs. 2. infant centaurs fighting. 3. infant centaurs bringing flowers to a statue. 4. infant centaurs, one riding a goat, four tailpieces, by Cochin, at pps. 32, 76, 116, & 159, 28 plates (13 double-page, mounted on stubs) by Audran after Philippus (dated 1714, but re-engraved), and the rare “petit-pieds” plate (engr. by Van der Gucht), contemporary French red morocco, 3-line French fillet borders, gilt spine, a.e.g., slightly worn, heavy ink inscriptions on title-page dated “1761”.
The present copy varies from a Large Paper copy just catalogued in the following respects:-
i). Title-page is a different setting with minute differences in leading.
ii). The ‘petit pieds’ plate is a different version, engraved by Van der Gucht and placed at p.119.
iii). The tailpieces at pp 116 and 159 are in reverse order.
iv). Catchwords, which appear at ends of signatures only, have been reset to coincide with gatherings of 8 instead of 4.

There would seem to be bibliographical complexities as yet undiscovered concerning this book.
Reference: Cohen/De Ricci 652

Amsterdam. 1741. First Edition 2 vols in 1, 12mo, [-]4, A-P 8+4, [-]2, A-L8+4, [vi], 175, [3], 136 pp, hf-title and title to each part, contemporary mottled calf, spine fully gilt, edges stained red, tear in margin of L1 mended without loss, on front pastedown an unidentified armorial boookplate, an oval escutcheon showing a pelican in her piety supported by griffons, a sound copy.
Duclos, after a somewhat dissipated youth, began to cultivate the society of wits, especially those who frequented the Cafe Procope and the Cafe Gradot where he was soon able to hold his own in every conversation. In 1739 he became a member of the Academie des Inscriptions and in 1747 of the Academie francaise where he was appointed perpetual secretary. He produced several serious historical works as well as three ‘romances’. The “Confessions” which presents a list of his conquests has been described as ‘une suite de portraits’... the devout Madame de Gremonville, the precious Madame de Tonins, Madame de Persigny the dissipated, the capricious Madame d'Albi, the coquettish Madame de Lery and above all the charming Mme de Selve, who represents true love. It was a highly successful ‘roman a clef’, with many editions even into the 20th century.
Reference: Cioranescu[18me] 25931 Gay-Lemonnyer Vol. 1 col 660. CCFf BnF copy only COPAC Oxford only

Amsterdam : Aux depens de M[ichel] Charles Le Cene Libraire, chez qui l’on trouve un assortiment general de Musique. 1726 and The Hague: Chez M. Uytwerf 1700. 4 volumes bound in 2
(Contes) 12mo, pp 1-22, 25-413, [3], A-R12, S10, [S10 blank], engraved frontispiece and a half-page engraving to each of the 9 tales, with 3pp of adverts for Music at the end, pp 23-24 and a title-page to volune 2 not issued ( conforming to the 1708 edition), old calf stoutly rebacked, sound.
(Nouveaux Contes) 12mo, eng. front. t-p, 244pp, 5 enravings in text + eng. front. t-p, 210pp, 5 engravings in text, cont. calf, gilt spine joints a little rubbed, sound.

A “harlequin” set. The present Contes, first published in 1698, is a rare edition, recorded by OCLC 68849026 in 4 copies only, all located in The Netherlands. The Nouveaux Contes, which contains the stories from vols 3 & 4 of the original edition is also very rare with OCLC 1196227504, 25777789 & 844271310 locating a total of 5 copies

Madame d’Aulnoy’s Contes des Fees was first published in 1698. It has gone through innumerable editions in a large variety of language and is still in print today. By reason of their audience, all early editions are rare. Gumuchian’s monumental catalogue “Les Livres d’Enfance” offered no less than seven copies of various editions, but none earlier than 1760.

OCLC 68849026, 1196227504, 25777789 & 844271310 Neither title in Library Hub.

Paris : Par David le Clerc, rue Frementel, au petit Corbeil, prez le puits Certain. 1610. Thick 4to, ff. [24] + 196 + [8] + 197-320 + [10] + 321-470 + [5] + 472-505 + [2] + 506-531 (verso paginated 532) + [5] + 533-591 + [51], general title in red and black, divisional titles all have, added to the Le Clerc imprint, “et Chez Jean de Heuqueville, rue S. Jaques, a la Paix” and the arms of Henri IV, 17th century calf imperceptibly rebacked, small piece of leather missing from lower corner of rear board, occasional minor foxing, early 2-line inscription “Ex bibliot... Chassebras... Sorbone” (should be decipherable to the expert) and another “Claudii Wolley Londini 1709” in ink on front pastedown, a sound copy.
Fauchet has the reputation of being an impartial and scrupulously accurate writer, and in his works are to be found important facts not easily accessible elsewhere. His works taken together form a history of antiquities of Gaul and of Merovingian and Carolingian France (1579, 1599, 1601, 1602), of the dignities and magistrates of France (1600), of the origin of the French language and poetry (1581), and of the liberties of the Gallican church. A collected edition in a single massive volume was published in 1610 [Wikipedia]
USTC 6017136 Brunet Ve. vol 2. col 1191

Rouen : Chez Raphael du petit Val, devant la grand porte du Palais. 1596. Second ‘de Rosset’ Edition
12mo, A-H12, 186, [6] pp, printer’s woodcut device on title, large woodcut on page 19, t-p and last leaf dust-soiled, a few leaves cut close at head, 19c. green calf a little rubbed. t.e.g., circular engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Grisbach on front pastedown.
A libertine satire, thought to have been written early in the 15th century, providing a riotous critique of married women but also an important insight into the economic and social life of the period.
The text first appears in two very rare incunable editions, Lyons c.1480 (of which ISTC locates copies at Paris BN and Poitiers BM), and Paris c. 1499 (located in 3 copies, Paris BN, Chantilly and Jena ULB). Sixteenth century editions are given by both Brunet and Tchemerzine as Paris undated, Lyon, C. Nourry 1520, Lyon, Arnoullet undated, all described as “fort rare”, followed in 1595 by the first of innumerable editions of the text edited by Francois de Rosset.(“... son texte est, aux jugement de M. Jannet, le meilleur de tous ceux qui ont paru avant 1853” - Brunet). After extensive electronic searches we are able to claim that all editions before the 18th century are very rare. Of the 16th and 17th century editions we have located no copy of any edition before 1596, 2 copies of the present edition (Exeter Cathedral and All Souls’ Oxford), a copy of a 1607 edition in the British Library and a 1621 edition in the Bodleian Library, both of which are also held by the Austrian National Library. The next edition recorded is 1726, held by Princeton, Yale, UC Irvine, and Bryn Mawr. A 1734 edition is recorded at UCLA, U Cincinnati and National Library of Spain, but the earliest at Harvard and New York PL is the 1837 edition. Apparently an excessively rare text until rediscovered by Jannet in 1853, since which it has been constantly reprinted.
Reference: Tchemerzine v.7 p.96 Brunet v.4 col.1031 Gay/Lemmonyer v.3 col. 913