Chapelle Cl E L (1 results)

Genève, (Paris, Cazin), 1777. With nice engraved frontispiece by N. de Launay after C.P. Marillier, dated 1781. 2 lvs., 212 pp. 12mo. Contemporary boards covered with marbled paper, back with label (corners bumped, the marbled paper slightly damaged).*Cohen 224. Cf. Quérard, La France Litt. II, 128. I.F.F. XVIII (Launay, Nicolas de), 165. Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer III, 959. Letters in French verse and prose, written to friends in Paris. Generally ascribed to Chapelle (1626 - 1686), though Bachaumont's (1624 - 1702) name is first in earlier editions. Both were French poets. Apart from the work mentioned in the title, the volume contains: 'Voyage de Languedoc et de Provence' by J.-J. Lefranc marquis de Pompignon (1709 - 1784); 'Voyage d'Éponne' by M. Desmahis; 'Voyage du chevalier De Parny' (E.-D. de Forges Vicomte de Parny lived from 1753 - 1814); 'Tangu et Félime, poëme en quatre chants'. - Very slightly browned.[(5247)]. …