133- [HARDION (Jacques)]. Nouvelle histoire poëtique, et deux traités abrégés, l'un de la poësie, l'autre de l'éloquence ; composés pour l'usage de Mesdames. Paris, Jacques Guérin, Desprez, Cavelier, 1751, 3 vol. in-12, old-red morocco, spines with partitions and flowers, triple gilt fillet on the covers, gilt edges on marble (period binding). Unique edition. A very nice copy. Pages 505-528 are curiously missing. A cartouche pasted on the first endpapers of vol. I bears: "Exemplaire de Machault d'Arnouville, Garde des sceaux et contrôleur général des finances, 1701-1794. From the library of the château du Titre, sale of January 18, 1890, n° 114 of the catalog". Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, by far the best minister of the reign of Louis XV, is best known for his art collections, some of which are still kept by his descendants at the château de Thoiry.