[VILLAIN (l'abbé)]

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[VILLAIN (l'abbé)]
Critical history of Nicolas Flamel and his wife Pernelle. Collected from ancient Acts that justify the origin & mediocrity of their fortune against the imputations of the Alchemists. Paris, Desprez, 1761. In-12, speckled calf, triple gilded net, decorated back, red title piece, inner roller, red edges (period binding). Caillet, n°11176. - Dorbon, n°5140, original edition, decorated with a portrait of Nicolas Flamel, a vignette at the top and a folding plate representing the house of the Flamel couple. Armoured bookplate engraved with Barthélemy Gabriel Rolland, adviser to Parliament and president at the first of the Palace's requests, dated 1761. Label of the Chacornac bookshop in Paris, a major centre for the publication of books and journals in the occult sciences, such as Philipon's Rosicrucian Library. A libraries. G. du Plessis and P. de La Morandière, with ex-libris. Missing caps, epidermis on hinges.
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