Comte de Tressan's works

(19). TRESSAN, (LOUIS ELISABETH DE LA VERGNE). Oeuvres choisies du comte de Tressan. I-XII, Paris 1787-91.8:o. 1 engraved portrait N. De Launay after A. Bord, 20 engraved plates after Marillier (all, minor foxing).Contemporary brown mottled calf, somewhat worn, gilt borders, slightly faded gilt spines in six compartments.Bookplate Wallace of Carleton. Minor foxing. And some more. 19 volumes. Some more: Sacchetti: Delle Novelle. I-III (Londra 1795); Louvet: Les amours du chevalier de Faublas... 3:me edition, revue par l'auteur. I-IV (Paris an VI = 1796, lacks plates)Louis-Élisabeth de la Vergne, comte de Tressan (1705 - 1783), French soldier, physician, scientist, medievalist and writer, best known for his adaptations of "romans chevaleresques" of the Middle Ages, which contributed to the rise of the Troubadour style in the French arts. (Wikipedia).