La Bruyère, Les caracteres de Theophraste, Paris, 1696, nineteenth-century red crushed morocco by Capé

12mo (160 x 93 mm). Roman type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: a¹² ẽ⁴ a-z¹² Aa-Ff¹² Gg⁸: 372 leaves. Title-page printed in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. (Some light scattered spotting.)

binding: Nineteenth-century red crushed morocco (165 x 105 mm), by Charles Capé (1806-1867), 2 blind fillets round sides, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles.

acquisition: Purchased in 1985 from Lucien Goldschmidt, New York. references: Tchemerzine, III, 810; LePetit 434-435; Bonna 123