MARCHAND, Prosper. - Dictionaire (sic) historique, ou Mémoires critiques et littéraires, concernant la vie et les ouvrages de divers personnages distingués, particulièrement dans la République des lettres - A La Haye, chez Pierre De Hondt, 1758-1759 - 2 volumes bound in one folio of (4) ff. 333 pp, (3) ff. of the "Catalogue des livres..." for volume I; (2) ff. 328 pp. De Hondt" for volume 1; (2) ff. 328 pp. and (14) ff. of tables for volume II; marbled havana calf, ribbed spine richly decorated with gilt fillets, fleurons and motifs, red morocco title-piece, double gilt fillet on the edges (contemporary binding). First edition decorated with an engraved plate by Spyk (p. 66, vol. 1), and 6 small engravings in the text, there is also a fold-out leaf giving the Estienne family tree (p. 235, vol. 1). An attractive copy, complete with the "Catalogue des livres qui se trouvent à La Haye chez Pierre de Hondt", two corners dulled; Cazota family armorial stamps (on false title and title).