PERRAULT. Charles. Portraits des hommes illustres des dix-septième et dix-huitième siècles. A Paris. Calixte Volland. 1805. 2 volumes in 1 in-folio, green morocco, smooth spine decorated alternately with gilded urns and fleurons, red morocco title-piece, framed by a triple gilded triple gilt roulette. New edition of the work published in 1696-1700 under the title Hommes illustres, illustrated with a allegorical frontispiece and 105 plates. Edition complete with portraits of Pascal and Antoine Arnauld, and augmented by two plates with 20 medallion portraits each for the 18th century. Attractive contemporary binding. Ex libris F. Renard.