CLERC (Nicolas-Gabriel). Yu le Grand et Confucius, Chinese h - Lot 64

CLERC (Nicolas-Gabriel). Yu le Grand et Confucius, Chinese history. A Soissons, de l'Impr. de P. Courtois, 1769. Two parts in one volume, in-4, XVIII-701 p. continuous, [4] f. (table, errata, approb.), plates, contemporary mottled tan calf, 5-ribbed spine, green title page, ornate caissons, red edges (defects including worn headbands, emmerged corners, partly split upper jaw; rare and very slight russeting; cracks without missing corners of plates). Enclosed: CLERC (Nicolas-Gabriel). Prospectus for a work entitled Yu le Grand et Confucius, histoire chinoise. A Soissons, de l'Imp. de Ponce Courtois, 1769. in-4, 8 p., leaves, full margins, as issued (slight soiling to title). Rare reunion of this work and the prospectus that preceded it. Total of 2 volumes.