[ALLEAUME (lawyer in Rouen). Suite des Caractères de Théophr - Lot 208

[ALLEAUME (lawyer in Rouen). Suite des Caractères de Théophraste Théophraste, et des mœurs de ce siècle. Paris, from the widow d'Etienne Michallet, 1700. In-12, 231, [4] pp. Portrait engraved frontispiece by LA BRUYERE. Tan basane, spine 5 nerfs orné, p. de t. en maroquin fauve, tranches mouchetées (Binding of the period). Withdrawal of this literary deception purporting to be a sequel to LA BRUYERE's Caractères de LA BRUYERE with, on the title, the discreet mention "Sur l'Imprimé". Ex-libris ms. "P B. BLONDAN" and "LEMAIRE". Binding rubbed, spine faded with accident at head, thin band of reinforcement at thin reinforcing strip in outer margin on verso of title.