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7 vols. 8vo. First editions. First editions. 7 vols. 8vo. All volumes have the bookplates of Robert Woods Bliss, Mildred Bliss and Anna Bliss, all of Dumbarton Oaks. All volumes are INSCRIBED to various members of the Bliss Family Bliss, sometimes with "special reference" to one of the poems. Blue cloth (except first two titles, which are cloth backed boards). Each with a Bookplate. Fine condition. Signed.…

1 vols. 8vo. 1 vols. 8vo. All these titles are scarce. The Huet, Ruisseau, and "Vers Sur la Mort de Louis le Grand" do not appear in NUC. "Recueil de Stances" does not appear in NUC either, though it does locate books by Daniel Rogers (1573-1652) under the pseudonym D.R.B. on similar subjects in English; this may be a later translation into French. NUC does not seem to locate this particular "Ode au Roy". For "Vers Sur la Mort de Louis le Grand", see Brunet V: 1148. An interesting and elusive collection of titles. Quarter contemporary calf, red morocco spine label. Top spine end chipped, extremities and boards rubbed, but still a sturdy copy.…