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Benoist (Mme.). Sophronie, ou Leçon prétendue d'une femme à sa fille. Londres et Paris, Ve. Duchesne, 1767, 8vo., 1 plate by Moreau after Greuze (68.).

Berain (Jean). Ornemens inventez par J. B...; Panneaux, Plafonds, Cheminées, Chapiteaux. Paris, Thuret, s.d. (circa 1709), large fol., portrait and 109 plates engraved by Benard, Daigremont, etc. (£8 to £10, and double before numbers or letters).

Berchoux (J.). La Gastronomie, poème suivi de Poésies fugitives, 4th edition. Paris, chez Giguet et Michaud, 1803, 16mo., frontispiece by Delignon after Myris, 3 plates by Baquoy, Deleraux and Bovinet after Myris and Monsiau (3s., and on papier vélin double).

Bérenger. Poésies. Londres (Paris), Cazin, 1785, 2 vols., 16mo., 2 frontispieces by Châtelain after Châtelain and Pignon (4s.).

Berenger. Les Soirées provençales. . . Paris, Nyon, 1786,. 3 vols., 12mo., 3 pretty frontispieces by Fessard (4s.). Berenger (R.). History of the Art of Horsemanship. London, 1771, 2 vols., 4to., 2 frontispieces (the second mezzotint), and plates (£1).

Berghem (Nicolas). Euvre de Nicolas Berghem, célèbre peintre hollandais. Paris, Basan et Poignant, 1789, fol., 2 parts of 124, and 73 plates respectively engraved by Basan, Le Bas, Hill, etc. (£3 to £4).

Bernard.

Phrosine et Melidore, poème en quatre chants. Messine et Paris, Lejay, 1772, 8vo., 4 vignettes by Baquoy and Ponce after Eisen (10s., and double on large paper). Bernard. L'Art d'aimer, poeme en trois chants. Paphos, 1775, 8vo., frontispiece and 3 plates by Baquoy, Gaucher, and Patas after Martini (10s.).

Bernard. L'Art d'aimer et Poésies diverses. Paris, chez Didot, an III. (1795), 8vo., papier de Hollande, engraved title and 7 plates by Letellier, Patas, Dupréel, Duval, and Helman after Eisen and Martini (12s. to 15s., and with the etchings, £3 to £4).

Bernard. Œuvres complètes. Londres (Paris, Cazin), 1777, 16mo., charming plate by Delaunay after Marillier (4s.).

In some copies the plate illustrates the first song (in which case it is not signed), and in some the second.

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Bernard. Œuvres de P. J. Bernard, ornées de gravures d'après les desseins (sic) de Prudhon; la dernière estampe gravée par lui-même. Paris, Didot l'ainé, an V. (1797), 4to., 4 plates by Prudhon (the last plate), Beisson, and Copia after Prudhon (£2, and copies on vellum paper with unlettered proofs, and with the Opera of Castor et Pollux, of which only 150 copies were printed, are worth more than double). The proof etching of "Phrosine et Melidore," the only plate engraved by Prudhon himself, is of utmost rarity.

Bernier (F.). Voyage de . . . contenant la description des Etats du Grand Mogol. A. Amsterdam, 1724, 2 vols., 12mo., map and plates (5s.).

Bernis. Œuvres complètes de M. le C. de B... de l'Académie françoise. Dernière edition. Londres (Paris, Cazin), 1777, 2 vols., 16mo., charming frontispiece by Delaunay after Marillier (68.).

Bernis. Euvres. Paris, Didot, an V., roy. 8vo., 5 mezzotint plates not signed; author's portrait on title by Lemire after Callet (20s., and more than double on large vellum paper with unlettered proofs).

Béroalde de Verville. Le Moyen de parvenir, nouvelle édition. A . . . 100070057, 2 vols., 12mo., fleurons on titles alike, and frontispiece containing medal portrait of the author by Martinet (30s. to 40s., and treble and more on large paper;

very rare.

Béroalde de Verville. Le Moyen de parvenir, nouvelle édition, s.l. 100070073, 2 vols., 12mo., frontispiece containing the medal portrait of the author, not signed, both titles within borders with fleurons (12s. to 15s., and more in mor.).

Berquin. Idylles. Paris, Ruault, 1775, 2 vols., 12mo., frontispiece designed and engraved by Marillier, and 24 graceful plates by Gaucher, de Ghendt, Le Gouaz, Delaunay, Lebeau, Masquelier, Née, and Ponce after Marillier (20s. to 30s., and copies on vellum or Dutch paper with the plates before the numbers are worth treble and more, according to the state of the binding).

Barbier de Tinan's copy with "Les Romances" before numbers in old red mor., 1120 frs.; Béhague's copy on large paper before numbers in old mor., 2000 frs. The Paillet (originally Renouard) copy of the Idylles and Romances, 3 vols., Dutch paper with the original drawings in sepia by Marillier, plates "avant les numéros," 19 etchings, a quantity of vignettes by Moreau, Borel, Le Barbier, etc., "before