[LA MORLIÈRE (Jacques Rochette de). Angola. Indian history. Agra [Paris], with privilege of the Great Mogul, 1746. 2 volumes in-12, marbled calf, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition of this masterpiece of gallant literature. This satirical novel set in the Indies was claimed by the chevalier de La Morlière (1701-85), a musketeer, libertine, intriguer, pamphleteer and leader of cabals at the Théâtre-Français and the Théâtre-Italien. From the library of Alfred Petit, with bookplate. A very good copy. Joints very slightly cracked, 2 ff. stained with wax in volume II. Gay-Lemonnyer, I, 221 - Darnton, 38 - Hartig & Soboul, 50.