(1740) [MARCHAND (Prosper)] - MERCIER DE SAINT LEGER. HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND EARLY PROGRESS OF PRINTING. - SUPPLEMENT... La Haye, Chés la veuve Le Vier, 1740 and Paris, Ph. D. Pierres, 1773. In-4° of 3 parts of [2]-12-118-152-55 pages, marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red pages (period binding). Allegorical frontispiece (remounted) by J.V. Schley showing portraits of the great printers of the 15th and 16th centuries. The copy includes in fine, the supplement published 33 years later. Some well-executed restorations to the binding. Modern bookplate, P. H. Chavoix, typographer.