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<dl><dd>Binding, c. 1: calfskin. Spine gilt tooled, title and vol. no. on separate labels. Edges of boards with double gilt fillets. Edges of pages with reverse marbling in dark blue. Ribbon place markers. Marks of ownership excised from t.p.'s; stamps in margin retain the place name "Lille." Copy 2 (v. 3 only): glazed paper backed in calfskin. Spine gilt tooled, with title: Language / de / l 'ecriture; edges sprinkled red</dd>
<dd>Also sold at Boudet, Veuve Duchesne, Saugrain, Ruault (v. 1-6); Saugrain, Sorin (v. 7); Sorin (v. 8); Sorin, Durand neveu (v. 9). All vols. printed at l'Imprimerie de Valleyre l'aîné</dd>
<dd>Vols. 1-5 have frontispieces, in v. 1-3 signed by A.L. Romanet after C.P. Marillier, in v. 5 by Romanet after C. Bornet. Vols. 1-5 also have eight etched head-pieces, five signed by J.B. Simonet, Romanet, or C.L. Lingée after Marillier, one by Marie Riollet (Beauvarlet) after Bornet. Anatomical plates in v. 3 by J.B. Devisse. Map, v. 8, by Croisey after Court de Gébelin</dd>
<dd>Subscriber lists in v. 1-5, 7</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and indexes</dd>
<dd>t. 1. Plan général. Allégories orientales (with special added t.p.). Du génie allégorique et symbolique des anciens (1773) -- t. 2. Grammaire universelle (1774) -- t. 3. Origin du language et de l'écriture (1775) -- t. 4. Histoire civile, religieuse et allégorique du calendrier (1776) -- t. 5. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue françoise (1778) -- t. 6-7. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine (1779-1780) -- t. 8. Dissertations melées (1781) -- t. 9. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (1782)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Language and languages; Language and languages</div>
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<dl><dd>Court de Gébelin, Antoine, 1725-1784</dd>
<dd>Beauvarlet, Marie Catherine, 1755-ca. 1788</dd>
<dd>Bornet, Claude, 1733-1804</dd>
<dd>Croisey, P</dd>
<dd>Devisse, Jean-Baptiste, 18th cent</dd>
<dd>Lingée, Charles Louis, 1748-1819</dd>
<dd>Marillier, Clément Pierre, 1740-1808</dd>
<dd>Romanet, Antoine Louis, 1742-approximately 1810</dd>
<dd>Simonet, Jean-Baptiste Blaise, 1742-approximately 1813</dd>
<dd>Valleyre, Gabriel, 1693-1772</dd></dl></div>
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