LA BRUYÈRE (Jean de). Les caractères. Paris, E. Michallet, 1688. In-12, first edition, copy with vertical pontusseaux errata leaf and pagination errors. Bound in full red morocco à la Du Seuil, 5-rib spine, all edges gilt on marble, signed Trautz-Bauzonnet. Ex-libris A. De Claye, Louis Barthou and Yemeniz. A copy probably intermediate between the second and third editions of the original edition, with a dot after "grecs" on the title page, the required inserts, but numbering errors on pages 131, 165, 168, 264, 273, 285 and the "achevé d'imprimer" given without time limit. (discreet restoration to the spine) Expert : M. Nicolas ASVISIO