101- BACON (Francis). Works of Francis Bacon, Chancellor of England, translated by Ant. Lasalle; with critical, historical and literary notes. Dijon, Imprimerie de L.-N. Frantin, an VIII - an XI (1799-1802), 15 vol. in-8, green calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt stippling, fillets, garlands and urns, framed with simple gilt fillet and garland on the boards, gilt twist on the edges, gilt edges, framed with gilt grecques on the back covers (Courteval). Spines faded, with epidermal wear, headbands rubbed, corners damaged. Copy on Hollande paper. It is adorned with a portrait-frontispiece in Volume I. The first major translation of the English philosopher's works into our language. A good copy, bound by Courterval, with the Pajot family coat of arms pushed to the center of the boards ("Argent, a chevron azure, between three eagles' heads sable, beaked and erased gules"). The bookbinder Courteval was based in rue des Carmes and was active from 1798 to 1835.