BINDING - François de la ROCHEFOUCAULD (1613-80). Maximes et Réflexions Morales, Paris, 1813, 8vo, engraved portrait, folding facsimile letter (stained). FINELY BOUND in contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt.

BINDING - François de la ROCHEFOUCAULD (1613-80).  Maximes et Réflexions Morales. Paris: chez J. -J. Blaise, 1813. 8vo (197 x 120mm). Half title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Pierre-Philippe Choffard after Jean Petitot, woodcut printer's device on title, folding engraved facsimile letter (variable, and sometimes quite heavy, staining and spotting throughout). FINELY BOUND in contemporary green straight-grained morocco elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, red watered-silk endpapers, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped). Provenance: The Property of the late Tamara Lo (small modern label on front free endpaper); Henry Porcher (armorial bookplate).