VERDIER (François). Histoire de Samson, dedicated to Sir Edouard Colbert. In Paris, by F. Chereau, s.d. In-8 oblong, suite of 40 plates including a title, 38 numbered plates and a plate of explanation, engraved after the compositions of the painter François Verdier (1651-1730), student of Charles Le Brun. Later paperback, green leather inscribed "Dessin - 1ere classe - 2eme prix" on the first cover, price label of the institutions of Mesdames Thienet and Berard du Pithon dated 1812 on the back cover. (scattered foxing)