[ROBERT, ETIENNE]. - Lot 166

[ROBERT, ETIENNE]. CAUSES AMUSANTES ET CONNUES. S. n., Berlin 1769. 1 vol. in-12. Contemporary calf, spine decorated. Lacking the top cap, jaws rubbed. New edition illustrated with five unsigned and captioned figures. Collection of various memoirs by lawyers on funny subjects (community of pork butchers against that of pastry cooks; claim of a blind man against his wife...). Attached: MARTIN, BENJAMIN. ELEMENS DES SCIENCES ET DES ARTS LITTÉRAIRES. Paris, Nyon, Guillyn, Hardy, 1756. 2 vols. in-12. Full contemporary calf, spine ornamented, title and tomes, central coat of arms, framing fillets. Frontispiece engraved by Legrand. Fine copies with arms. Small lack of a headpiece.