Bibliotheque en Miniature. Marcilly. Paris. 1835. Circa 1835. Six volumes in French: La Fontaines Fables, Varieties by Berquin, Mythologie by Demoustier, Florian's Melanges, Voltaire's Poesies and Millevoye. Each volume has 24 printed pages, an engraved vignette title page, and one engraving. Housed in a cartonnage box in two parts, lined with royal blue paper and with silk ribbon to ease out the books; the upper half of the box has moulded white acanthus leaves in the style of a corinthian frieze, with a pale St. Petersburg blue printed label within a gilt embossed border on top (very slightly worn; label has a small old stain in the bottom left hand corner). 48 x 70 mm. Original light pink card bindings with mitre panel printed borders with fan cornerpieces; the front covers have title and author within the decorative borders. Bondy, 75. Welsh, 1250. OCLC, 41542943. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (National Library of Australia, Indiana and Virginia University Libraries). 38 firsts2024