GRESSET. Œuvres. Paris, Renouard, 1811. 2 volumes in-8, edition illustrated with a portrait of the author attributed to St Aubin and 8 hors-texte engravings by Moreau le jeune engraved by Simonet or de Ghendt. Bound in full contemporary red long-grained morocco, the boards with gilt framing roulette, fillets and irons in the spandrels, spine richly decorated with 5 nerfs, all edges gilt, signed Bozérian jeune. Ex-libris René Escandes de Messières and Jacques Chastenet (very slight rubbing and traces of glue, trace of a scratched label, brown spots). Expert : Mr. Nicolas ASVISIO