LA BORDE (Jean-Benjamin de). Choix de chansons mises en musique par M. de La Borde, premier valet-de-chambre ordinaire du Roi, gouverneur du Louvre. Decorated with prints by J. M. Moreau, dedicated to Madame la Dauphine. Engraved by Moria and Mlle Vendôme. Paris, Lormel, 1773, 4 vols. large in-8, marbled fawn calf, smooth spines with partitions and fleurons, bottle title and tomaison, triple gilt fillet on the covers, simple gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges (period binding). One of the finest illustrated books of the 18th century. First edition of this beautiful collection of 100 songs, with text and notated music framed in double black fillet, each preceded by a remarkable engraving after Moreau le Jeune (for the first volume), Le Bouteux, Le Barbier and Saint-Quentin (for the others). Our copy is complete in all parts, including the frontispiece portrait by La Borde, which is not strictly speaking part of the edition, and may be lacking. A fine copy.