‎RICHELET P. (PIERRE).‎
‎Les plus belles lettres françoises sur toutes sortes de sujets, tirées des meilleurs auteurs, avec des notes. Cinquieme edition. 2 parts.‎

‎Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1721. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light miscolouring and a few small wormholes to extremities. previous owner's name (Peter Otto Rosenørn - owner of Hersomgård) in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. A few small worm-tracts in lower margin in vol. 2, not affecting text. (12), 624 pp. + 2 frontispieces (14), 706 pp. + frontispiece. ‎

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‎A nice set of the fifth edition of this intriguing collection of beautifully written French letters on topics such as love, gallantry, congratulations, and many other subjects. Pierre Richelet (1626 – 1698) was a French grammarian and lexicographer and the editor of the first dictionary of the French language.‎