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90 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 84 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 451. French Plays etc - 18th Century: A collection of 12 French printed Plays in 3 vols., 8vo, including the following: 1. Le Celibataire, Comedie en Cinq Actes et en Vers, 8vo Paris (Chez Delalain) 1776. First Edn., engd. add. title, wd. cuts, 122pp; 2. de Beaumarchais (M.) Le Barbier de Seville ou la Precaution inutile, Comedie en Quartre Acts, Paris (Chez Ruault) 1775, hf. title, 132pp; 3. Monvel (M.) Fredegonde et Brunehaut, Roman Historique, 8vo London 1775. Engd. frontis & vignette head & tail, 179pp; 4. de Beaumarchais (M.) La Folle Journee ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Comedie en cinqu Actes, en Prose. Paris (An Palais Royal - Chez Rualt) 1785. XXXII, [143]pp; & 5. de Moliere (M.) Amphytrin, Comedie en Treis Acts, Paris 1772, 63pp; With 7 other sim. items mostly Paris printed, together 12 works in 3 vols. 8vo cont. calf (2) & later hf. calf. A good collection, w.a.f. (3) €70-€100 452. Moore (David) & More (A. Goodman) Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica, 8vo Dublin 1866. First Edn., dble page cold. map of Ireland, orig. gilt decor blue cloth, stained. The Brown's Hill Copy, signed by R. Clayton Brown, Jnr. 1866. (1) €70-€90 453. Bindings & Plates: Brockedon (W.) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vols. large 4o Lond. 1833. Engd. ports., vignette titles, & numerous engd. plts. on India paper, all edges gilt, cont. blind & gilt tooled straight grained purple mor.; also Moore (Thomas) The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. II missing, 16 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1832-1833. Engd. plts. on A. edges gilt, in similar matching bindings to above. Attractive lot. (19) €150-€200 454. Autobiographies: Field (Sally) In Pieces, 8vo, N.Y. (grand Central) 2018, Signed, grey boards, pictorial d.j.; Stone (Sharon) The Beauty of Living Twice, 8vo L. (Allen & Unwin) 2021, with autograph card tipped-in, cloth and pictorial d.j.; Andrews (Julie) & Hamilton (E.W.) Homework, A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, 8vo, L. (Weiderfield & Nicholson) 2019, Signed, white cloth, d.j., clean copies, as a lot, w.a.f. (3) €50-€70 455. Cleese (John) Creativity, A Short and Cheerful Guide, 8vo, L. (Hutchinson) 2020, Signed, cloth & d.j.; So Anyway, 8vo, L. (Random House) 2014, Signed, illustrated, cloth & d.j.; Jones (Terry) Animal Tales, 8vo L. (Pavilion Children's) 2011, Signed, illus., ptd. boards; Idle (Eric) The Road to Mars, A Post-Modern Novel, 8vo, N.Y. (Random House) 1999, Signed, cloth & d.j, as a lot. (4) €50-€70