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73 1243 Laborde J B de 73 1243 Laborde J B de 73 1243 Laborde J B de 73/1243 Laborde, J.-B. de. Choix de Chansons Mises en Musique. Rouen, J. Lemonnyer, 1881, 4 vols., 4 engr. titles, 2 frontisp. and 100 plates after MOREAU LE JEUNE, RABIER, BOUTEUX, ST. QUENTIN, entirely engr. scores, printed in 1000 numb. copies (750), contemp. unif. gilt dark red hmor. w. 5 raised bands, orig. wr. pres., t.e.g., 4to. - A few lvs. w. some (vague) offsetting from plate on opposite page. Otherwise fine. = Reprint, using the original copper plates, of the edition Paris, 1773. One of 750 numb. copies printed on papier vergé de Hollande. Vicaire IV, p.757f; cf. Cohen/ De Ricci p.534ff on the orig. ed.: "Un des plus beaux livres du XVIIIe siècle (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXI.