MARIVAUX (Pierre de). Complete works. À Paris, chez la veuve - Lot 13

MARIVAUX (Pierre de). Complete works. À Paris, chez la veuve Duchesne, 1781. 12 full-length volumes in-8, olive morocco, ribbed spines with cloisonné and fleurons and gilded letter "B" at the tail of the spine, triple gilded fillet framing the boards with gilded coat of arms in the center, filleted edges, inner gilded roulette, gilded edges on marble with coat of arms (period binding). I: (4 of which the 2nd and 4th are blank)-711 [misfigured 1 to 336, 339 to 354, 353 to 711]-(one) pp. - II: (4 of which the 2nd and 4th are blank)-678-(2 pp. - III: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-706-(2 of which 2nd blank) pp. - IV: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-726-(2 of which 2nd blank) pp. - V: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-595-(one) pp. - VI: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-578-(2 of which 2nd blank) pp. - VII: (4 of which 2nd and 4th white)-683-(one white) pp. - VIII: (4 of which 2nd and 4th white)-690-(2 of which 2nd white) pp. - IX: (4 of which 2nd and 4th white)-635-(one white) pp. - X: (4 of which 2nd and 4th white)-566 pp. - XI: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-551-(one blank) pp. - XII: (4 of which 2nd and 4th blank)-408(4 of which last blank) pp. - Includes SOME PAGES OF NOTATED MUSIC. - Spines faded, some boards faded or slightly stained, restoration to a small tear on the upper board of the first volume, traces of wetness on the boards of volume VI with discreetly restored joins, volume IV split between pages 226 and 227. FIRST VERY COLLECTIVE EDITION, not limited to his plays, but including his novels, academic discourse, press articles, verse works, etc. COPY PRINTED ON HOLLANDE LAID PAPER. Portrait-frontispiece hors texte by François-Robert Ingouf, known as Ingouf le jeune, based on a drawing by Clément-Pierre Marillier, after a composition by Claude Pougin de Saint-Aubin. Fine contemporary leather-bound copy bearing the coat-of-arms of NICOLAS-MARTIN JULLIOT DE FROMONT (iron missing from OHR). The comte de Fromont (circa 1740-1806) was a king's advisor and maître d'hôtel ordinaire to Louis XVI.