[BRILLON (Pierre-Jacques). Portraits sérieux, galands et cri - Lot 4

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[BRILLON (Pierre-Jacques). Portraits sérieux, galands et cri - Lot 4
[BRILLON (Pierre-Jacques). Portraits sérieux, galands et critiques. À Paris, chez Michel Brunet, 1696. In-12, (10 incl. 2nd blank)-363-(9) pp. in garnet-red morocco, ribbed, cloisonné and ornate spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, filleted edges, gilt inner frieze, gilt edges (H. de Courmont rel.). FIRST EDITION. The serious portraits include moral paintings of particular personalities such as Louis XIV, or of human types: the virtuous prince, the character of the French nation, the honest man; the gallant and critical portraits are keyed. CONTINUATOR AND DEFENDER OF LA BRUYERE, PIERRE-JACQUES BRILLON (1671-1736) was a lawyer at the Parlement de Paris and served as intendant to the House of the Duc du Maine, Louis XIV's legitimate son. He published a treatise on jurisprudence and various works of literature, including Ouvrage nouveau dans le goût des Caractères de Théophraste (1697, later republished as Le Théophraste moderne), and Apologie de monsieur de La Bruyère (1701). Provenance: Achille Künholtz-Lordat (1820-1893, copper-engraved armorial bookplate).
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