PHILOSOPHY -- (HEMSTERHUIS, F.). Alexis ou L'Age d'Or. Riga, J.F. Hartknoch, 1787. 188, (1) pp. W. 1 fold. plate. Cont. red cf., spine w. gilt dec. & black letterpiece, elegantly gilt tooled sides, dec. edges, inside dentelles, stamped endpapers, a.e.g. In modern hcl. slipcase. (Spine & extremities age-toned, sides w. slight smudges, 1 annot. in ink by an old hand on flyleaf, well-bound, clean & well-preserved copy).
Binding by Thomas van Os. - See Storm v. Leeuwen, IIa, pp. 209-213; See also Storm van Leeuwen, 18de-eeuwse Haagse Boekband, Cat. 289 (p. 351) for a very similar binding. - Stoddard 11.€ 400